As more suburban towns and municipalities successfully utilize hunters—particularly bowhunters—to help control deer populations, one can only wonder why some cities continue to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to have professional and government sharpshooters kill their troublesome whitetails.

While it’s sad to see the tradition of small game hunting apparently fading from the American outdoors scene, there’s another consequence to the decrease in the number of squirrel hunters that is beginning to impact—surprisingly—one portion of the fishing tackle industry.

A battle over renaming the California agency entrusted with managing fish and wildlife continues to boil in a state Senate committee, where it's being criticized by sportsmen and some lawmakers who contend it's equally anti-hunting and an enormous waste of taxpayers' money.

It was an announcement of historic proportion and a political maneuver unlike any before. And whatever the outcome of the November 6 election, thousands of American hunters and sportsmen will always remember where they were when they heard the news that bowhunter and avid outdoorsman, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, was Mitt Romney’s choice as running mate on the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket.

The failure of the United Nations to ratify a far-reaching international arms treaty following nearly a month of negotiations was generally heralded by gun owners and pro-firearms organizations as a major victory.

As hunters prepare to head to the backcountry for early season big game scouting in many parts of the country, authorities are warning sportsmen about the increased likelihood of confrontations with armed and ruthless marijuana growers on public lands.

In a story that traveled around the world during mid-July about a mystery man impersonating a Rocky Mountain goat in the Utah high country, wildlife officials have announced what most sportsmen and readers of this blog probably surmised all along: The faux goat was a hunter.

If an anticipated international arms trade treaty is ratified by the United Nations this week, what do you think the impact would be on the average American sportsman and gun owner?

There’s been a lot of writing and rhetoric regarding the negotiations that have taken place during the last three weeks, as world leaders attempt to craft international rules covering the worldwide weapons trade.

Details of the proposed treaty—and the weapons affected—have not yet been made public. In fact, it remains uncertain if the voting nations will ratify a final document at all.

It's required to fly on a commercial airline, rent a car, purchase alcoholic beverages, secure a mortgage, buy a gun, stay at a hotel, cash a check, acquire an over-the-counter fishing or hunting license, or to apply for a concealed-carry firearm permit.

It’s a state-issued photo identification card.

And as this year’s general election draws near, you can expect to hear a lot of fuss—most of it decidedly partisan—about some states’ requirement that voters present a valid photo ID card at the polls in November.

In recent weeks, fire officials and land managers in Utah and other states have suggested—in a very public way—that recreational shooters have sparked dozens of wildfires across tinder-dry portions of the West this summer. But many experienced shooters and those involved with the business of guns and ammunition contend that those accusing public-land plinkers and target shooters are jumping the gun.