Hunter Recruitment

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

Latest in Hunter Recruitment

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..
Conservation

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.
Conservation

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Kamala Harris
Conservation

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

By Andrew McKean

tim walz hunting
Conservation

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.
Hunting

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

By Natalie Krebs

hunter education
Conservation

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

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.

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

By Alex Robinson

A Merriam's turkey strutting on a wooded hillside.
Opinion

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?

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

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?

By Andrew McKean

Hunter glasses a hillside.
Conservation

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

By Andrew McKean

learning to hunt
Conservation

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

By Beka Garris

Kids learn archery in school programs.
Conservation

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

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

By Alex Robinson, Gerry Bethge, Natalie Krebs

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Hunting

Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply

By Andrew McKean