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Public Resources, Public Schools: Michigan House Committee Hears Hunter Education in Schools Bill

Why It Matters: School is where students should be exposed to ideas that they aren’t exposed to at home – and with fewer hunters in the fields and woods, there are fewer hunters to learn from. Offering hunter education in schools stands to expose more prospective hunters to the thrills and tenets of our sporting-conservation …

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I Fish, I Hunt, I Vote™: Michigan Bill Providing License Purchasers with Voter Registration Form Unanimously Passes Committee

Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women are the original conservationists and, as our sporting-conservation heritage is threatened by a growing number of ballot-box biology initiatives, it is imperative that hunters, anglers, and trappers participate in the political process. Ensuring that each license purchaser that is eligible to vote is provided with a registration opportunity stands …

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Michigan Natural Resources Commission Tables Vote to Reopen Year-Round Coyote Season

Why It Matters: Hunters are the original conservationists and have shouldered the duty of managing wildlife populations through their participation afield and their funding of state fish and wildlife agencies through license and sporting goods purchases. Ensuring that hunters are not barred from participating in the management of populations is critical for the continued success …

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Caucus Co-Chairs in Michigan, Illinois Introduce Bills to Allow Hunter Education in Schools

Why It Matters: Hunters are the backbone of conservation and to continue carrying that banner, new sportsmen and women must be exposed to the woods and fields. However, as fewer folks dress themselves in camouflage and orange, there are fewer to pass on our time-honored outdoor traditions to new generations. Allowing schools to instruct safe …

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Blackboard to Backwoods: Michigan Bill Allowing Hunter Education in Schools Clears Senate Hurdle

Why It Matters: Michigan students that otherwise may have never been exposed to our time-honored outdoor traditions could soon sign up for an important elective: hunter education. Counting as both a credit towards graduation and the classroom requirement to obtain a Michigan hunting license, this standardized course stands to create lifelong hunters to join us …

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Easy “Does” it: New Five-Dollar Antlerless Season Offered in Southern Michigan

Why It Matters: State fish and wildlife management agencies are charged with collecting data and using what has been collected to carry out science-based management decisions in the best interest of the resource. Because hunting is the preferred management tool for white-tailed deer, this can mean expanded hunting opportunities in areas with larger deer populations: …

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Taking a Closer Look at Reimbursement to Fish and Wildlife Agencies for Free and Discounted Licenses

Why It Matters: Each year, legislators look at ways to recognize and thank certain qualified individuals/groups by providing free and/or discounted licenses for hunting, fishing, and trapping. While this is well-intended, such legislation has the potential to reap deteriorative effects on the fish and wildlife agencies’ budgets. To prevent the loss of sportsmen-generate dollars for …

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Classroom to Crosshairs: Michigan Seeks to Include Hunter Safety in Education Curriculum

Why It Matters: With hunter participation rates declining across the country, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus enters 2024 with a partial fix on the docket: requiring that a model hunter safety course be created for schools to offer as an elective. Exposing students to firearm safety and hunting practices aims to recruit more young hunters …

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