ISSUES

Pay To play

  • Avoid hiring outfitters that lease private land.

  • Do not lease hunting land in states that have programs to compensate
    landowners for providing public access.

  • If leasing is essential, liberally share your leased land with fellow hunters.

Hunting TV

  • Boycott hunting TV and other forms of hunting entertainment. It leads to
    the commodification of wildlife and hunting access.

  • Avoid (to the extent possible) companies that use hunting TV and social media
    influencers to sell products.

Habitat & Access

  • Engage in the fight for habitat and access!

  • Acknowledge, celebrate, and support landowners that provide hunting access to the public.

Non-Profits

  • Support nonprofits that work on habitat and hunting access issues.

  • Discourage hunting nonprofits from recruiting, retaining, and reactivating
    hunters into our severely overcrowded pastime in their quest for dues and
    hunting industry sponsors.

Social Media

  • Disincentivize (unfollow) hunters that display dead and dying animals to strangers on social media.

Hunter Ethics and Fair Chase

  • Treat property open to hunting with respect as if you own it.

  • Combat poor hunter behavior, especially on private lands made accessible to hunters through government programs.

  • Support initiatives to provide opportunity for hunters that use primitive gear, including long bows, recurve bows, and muzzleloaders.

  • Avoid the “long range” craze and restrict rifle shots to <500 yards.