State
In the states, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation States Program Team works with pro-sportsmen elected leaders through the collaboration of the individual sportsmen’s caucuses that make up the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses and governors who are part of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus.
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Fish and Wildlife Contest Bans
Hunting and fishing tournaments are time-honored traditions that have grown on a national… Read More
Discharge Distance Restrictions
Defined as the distance from an occupied dwelling, public road, or city limits that is… Read More
Dedicated Lottery Funds for Conservation
Over the last few decades, rising costs for natural resource management and increased… Read More
Antis Pushing for Seats on Game Commissions
Established with the dedicated purpose of protecting and conserving wildlife, game… Read More
Animal “Personhood”
Anti-hunting, animal-rights extremist groups such as the Humane Socieity of the United… Read More
Tournament Bans
In recent years, hunting and fishing tournaments have come under fire by “animal… Read More
Active Forest Management
Active management, as opposed to passive management, employs the use of silvicultural… Read More
Increased Penalties for Poaching and Incentivizing the Reporting of Fish and Wildlife Violations
Poaching stands as one of the greatest threats to both the social acceptance of hunting and… Read More
Use of Tracking Dogs to Recover Game
Dogs play a critical role in the sporting community. One important role, blood tracking, is… Read More
Firearms Preemption
Preemption is the process where a higher level of government revokes the regulatory ability… Read More
Your opinion counts
Recently, Virginia has proposed legislation that would make the punishment for poaching, in their state, a 1-5 year prison sentence through HB-449. Poaching undermines the social acceptance of hunters, jobs, recreation, local and state economies, and conservation efforts. How should poachers be punished?
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