The 2019 Hike to Hunt Challenge was a giant success thanks to you and the 1,500 hikers and 500+ fundraisers who participated. Together we raised $54,916 and hiked 94,607 miles all in the name of our wild public lands, waters and wildlife! Not only did we surpass our goals in this year’s Hike to Hunt;we also strengthened our public land community through the #hiketohunt social media campaign. We have heard countless stories of people motivated to get outside, get in shape, spread awareness of ...

Over the last year the New England Chapter has been working hard to grow our mentoring program and provide guidance to new hunters and anglers looking for success in their pursuits. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be teaming up with Rhode Island-based guide service Big Game Waterfowl to offer our members the chance at free mentored hunts during Rhode Island’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend October 26 and 27. These are boat-based excursions. Capacity is limited to two pairs of eligible ...

Photo Credit: Good Bull Outdoors   Earlier this week Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) announced the locations of state trust lands now accessible to hunters and anglers across the state of Colorado. This is the first round of expansions that we will see to the Public Access Program, and is part of a multi-year commitment made in July of this year by CPW and the Colorado Land Board to expand public access on state trust lands for hunting and fishing from 480,000 acres to 1 million acres. To ...

This past winter I thought to myself, “How can I make deer season arrive faster?” And I figured out the answer: fly fishing. For Christmas, I asked for all the small items like forceps and nippers. From there, I bought a beginner Orvis fly rod and reel and any other bare essentials to catch a mountain trout. Shortly after, my family took a trip to Banner Elk, NC and I got my first shot at chasing trout in the mountains without a guide.  On the first day of the trip, my wife granted me an ...

  Some of you may be shocked to learn that in 11 U.S. states, regulations still exist restricting hunting on Sundays. Four states – Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania – ban Sunday hunting altogether or restrict it to just a few species. Other states allow Sunday hunting only on private lands even though they encompass vast expanses of national forest and state lands. It is hard to imagine a stronger point of frustration to all of us who work Monday through Friday and live to ...