Hunter Recruitment

Hunter recruitment is the effort to bring new hunters into the fold. Here's how you can help.

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Hunter Recruitment

How a New College Grad Found Direction from His Grandpa’s Deer Rifle

By Andrew McKean

A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.
Hunter Recruitment

I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter

By Ron Taylor, as told to Natalie Krebs

Two guys drag a deer out of the brush.
Hunter Recruitment

21 Ways to Recruit New People into Hunting and Fishing

By The Editors

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.
Hunter Recruitment

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

By Christine Peterson

Take me fishing programs are canceled
Hunter Recruitment

DOGE Cancels ‘Take Me Fishing,’ Even Though It Was Funded by Anglers

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..
Hunter Recruitment

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters, one in blaze orange, kneel behind a dead doe.
Hunter Recruitment

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Kamala Harris
Hunter Recruitment

Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners

By Andrew McKean

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Hunter Recruitment

How (and Why) We Cover Politics at Outdoor Life

By Alex Robinson

A native hunter, Josiah Pinkham, sits in a field of tall weeds and holds a rifle.
Hunter Recruitment

Q&A with a Tribal Hunter on Storytelling, Taking Photos of Deer, and Family Traditions

By Natalie Krebs

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Hunter Recruitment

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in the snow looks at his phone.
Hunter Recruitment

Hunting Regs Are Too Complicated. This New Hunting A.I. Is Trying to Fix That

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in blaze orange looks at a dead deer from a distance
Hunter Recruitment

Public Approval for Hunting and Recreational Shooting Continues to Decline in the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.
Hunter Recruitment

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

A Merriam's turkey strutting on a wooded hillside.
Hunter Recruitment

Hunting Mentors Are Great. You Still Need to Hunt Alone

By Christine Peterson

Hunters line up for a duck blind lottery in darkness. Photo by Tom Fowlks
Hunter Recruitment

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

A fly angler in a blue shirt and blue hat holds up a small redfish caught on the fly.
Hunter Recruitment

BHA Became a Powerful Public Lands Org Thanks to ‘Grassroots Badassery.’ Now It’s at a Tipping Point, and the New CEO Wants to Get Its Mojo Back

By Andrew McKean

A shooter lying prone behind a rifle with a pile of brass on the ground.
Hunter Recruitment

Hunter Recruitment Efforts Are Falling Flat. Why Don’t We Concentrate on New Shooters Instead?

By Andrew McKean

Hunter glasses a hillside.
Hunter Recruitment

National Survey Shows Millions of New Hunters and Anglers in the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

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Hunter Recruitment

How Long Should You Hunt “Unsuccessfully” Before Giving Up?

By Beka Garris