Opinion
Commentary: 2024 report shows public support of hunting, sport shooting seeing a decline
Site Staff
July 9, 2024
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (Council), in collaboration with Responsive Management, has unveiled the much-anticipated report, “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Hunting and Sport Shooting 2024.”
This extensive study provides critical insights
Outdoor Insights: Is a tripling of the pintail bag limit in 2025 really likely?
Rob Drieslein
June 14, 2024
News headlines quickly amplified by social media a couple weeks ago suggested that a 300% increase in pintail bag limits across North America was a foregone conclusion for 2025 waterfowl hunting seasons.
A commentary
Commentary: Missouri shows other states how to manage CWD for the long haul
Lindsay Thomas, Jr.
May 14, 2024
The Missouri Department of Conservation recently released its 2023-24 chronic wasting disease testing results, and the report contains good news and a lesson for deer hunters in other states: If the disease is discovered early,
Commentary: Traditional fish and wildlife management is under attack
Russ Mason
April 9, 2024
The region’s outdoorsmen need to pay attention.
In Kentucky, the state’s Senate recently considered a bill to move the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from the Governor’s Tourism Cabinet to the Department of
Commentary: Ups and downs of the fur market over the past decade
Kent Weil
April 3, 2024
Over the last 10 years or so, the wild fur market has certainly had a plethora of ups and downs – many more downs than ups it seems. Here’s a quick rundown of the last
Commentary: Taking a closer look at the extinction crisis
Russ Mason
February 28, 2024
The extinction crisis is real. So is the fact that there are insufficient funds to address it.
In an ideal world, we’d band together and empirically prioritize species at risk based on biological need.
Commentary: A few ‘bad actors,’ and millions of reservation acres in Utah closed to hunting
Jim Shepherd
February 16, 2024
One of the vivid images from my childhood memory is that of the reaction of the community when my grandparents decided they needed to “post” their farm. I had no idea what the red and
Commentary: Bird, animal names fraught with historical and ‘cutesy’ perils
Patrick Durkin
January 9, 2024
Let’s hope the American Society of Mammalogists is tracking efforts by the American Ornithological Society to rename all birds that honor people, and shouting, “Buck pellets!”
If you missed it in November, those zany
Outdoor Insights: 2023 was a year of major changes for conservation organizations
Rob Drieslein
December 28, 2023
The past year has seen major changes in American conservation leadership at groups like Pheasants Forever and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Add the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to that list. The organization’s longtime CEO, Whit
