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September 8, 2025

Let the Feathers Fly – TN Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Hosts Successful Annual Dove Hunt

Why It Matters: Under the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) umbrella, the Tennessee Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) is a bipartisan group of state legislators that serves to protect hunting, angling, shooting sports, and trapping in the Volunteer State. Even during the interim, the Caucus hosts events which provide legislators the opportunity to interact with…

September 8, 2025

The Importance of Staying Involved With Your State’s Fish and Wildlife Agency

Why It Matters: Each year, state fish and wildlife agencies introduce regulations that impact hunting, fishing, trapping, and sometimes, recreational shooting. While the agency follows the required process for the potential adoption of these regulations, most sportsmen and women are unaware that they can potentially impact these regulations through the public comment period and staying…

September 8, 2025

Dove is in the Air: First Fall Hunting Opportunities Open Across the Great Plains

Why It Matters: With dove season marking the official start of fall hunting across the Great Plains, sportsmen and women look forward to hitting the fields for one of the most popular and accessible bird hunts. Dove hunting provides exciting action, generous bag limits, and an opportunity for new hunters to experience their first hunt….

September 8, 2025

NASC Executive Council Hosts Midyear Meeting

Why It Matters: The NASC Executive Council exists to assist the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) in their state-based advocacy efforts on behalf of sportsmen and women. Elected by their peers at the annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Sportsman-Legislator Summit, the EC is a bipartisan group comprised of state legislators from around the country….

September 8, 2025

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?: California Bill Carries Potential Consequences for Dog Breeders, Owners

Why It Matters: Seemingly innocuous bills can sometimes carry significant unexpected consequences for law-abiding sportsmen and women. Currently, California Assembly Bill 519, which has moved through both chambers with wide support, is one such example that has some members of the sporting-conservation community concerned. On the surface, the bill reads as an anti-puppy mill effort,…

September 2, 2025

The “Sportsman’s Paradise” Continues to Produce both Regulatory and Legislative Successes

Why It Matters:  The “Sportsman’s Paradise” has seen several different pieces of legislation and regulations cross the finish line thus far in 2025. From committing funding to revitalize one of the most historic waterfowl hunting areas in the state, to incentivizing private landowners to enhance wildlife habitat, expanding black bear hunting opportunities, modernizing primitive firearms…