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 education

Conservation

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in the snow looks at his phone.

Hunting

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

Hunting

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

Hunting Mentors Are Great. You Still Need to Hunt Alone 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

Hunting

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

Conservation

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 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.

Conservation

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

By Andrew McKean

Hunter glasses a hillside.

Conservation

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

By Andrew McKean

Archery in the schools program funding has been restored.

Conservation

Biden Signs Bill to Restore Funding to Hunter Education, Archery in Schools Biden Signs Bill to Restore Funding to Hunter Education, Archery in Schools

By Andrew McKean

learning to hunt

Conservation

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

Kids learn archery in school programs.

Conservation

Senators Introduce Bill to Block Biden Administration’s Hunter Ed ‘Defunding’ Policy Senators Introduce Bill to Block Biden Administration’s Hunter Ed ‘Defunding’ Policy

By Andrew McKean

The interpretation of new law has led to a freeze on outdoor education at schools

Conservation

How the “Biden Administration Defunds Hunter Education” Non-Story Became a Massive Story How the “Biden Administration Defunds Hunter Education” Non-Story Became a Massive Story

By Andrew McKean

A female hunter smiles and aims a rifle with the help of hunting mentors and shooting sticks.

Conservation

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

By Alex Robinson, Gerry Bethge, Natalie Krebs

hunting approval rating

Hunting

Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply

By Andrew McKean

A vintage photo of a family turkey hunt.

Conservation

Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed

whitetail buck standing in brown field

Hunting

Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America

By Alex Robinson

first hunt program

Conservation

LSU Professors Teach College Kids to Hunt in Hopes of Developing More Pro-Hunting Wildlife Professionals LSU Professors Teach College Kids to Hunt in Hopes of Developing More Pro-Hunting Wildlife Professionals

Two hunters in camo and blaze orange caps walk across a winter field.

Gear

The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild

By Laura Lancaster

Conservation

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting

By Russell Worth Parker