View from the Firearm Assembly Line
In a previous OICC installment, we detailed the $80 billion annual contribution the firearms industry makes to the national economy. But the industry is composed of people, each contributing their skills, knowledge, and time to a particular task. We wanted to get to know one of the people whose work—and work ethic—is responsible for the industry's horsepower.
Funding American Conservation, One Shotgun and Box of Ammo at a Time
I just picked up a box of Remington upland game loads, 12 gauge #6 shot, high-base ounce- and-a-quarter shells that should take me through prairie grouse season and right up to the beginning of Montana's pheasant season in a couple weeks.
The Joys of Mentoring a New Hunter Extend Well Beyond the Field
By Andrew McKean
Gwen and I have almost nothing in common, besides sharing a hometown and a love of words. She's maybe 20 years younger than I am, tattooed, and has spent most of her life indoors.
Use of AR-platform Firearms for Hunting Shows Significant Increase
As the modularity, versatility, accessibility, and in many cases affordability, of AR-platform rifles has become more widely recognized over the past decade, so too has the popularity of the platform grown for hunting.
Herd Mentality: Nonprofits Dedicated to the Conservation of Specific Species have Outsized Benefits for Adjacent Species and Entire Ecosystems.
There’s a membership organization, or two, dedicated to the conservation of just about every species of North American wildlife you can imagine. Some examples; Wild turkeys? Yep, the National Wild Turkey Federation advocates for what some have called America’s bird. Mule deer? Sure, the Mule Deer Foundation looks out for this iconic Western deer species.
Is it Possible to Avoid Conflict as we Conserve Rare Species?
Natural-resource management is as polarized as the rest of our politics. History proves it doesn’t have to be that way.
Jimmy Bullock is a soft-spoken Southerner who seems more comfortable in a library or a classroom than the din and dust of a wood-pulp mill.
Boone and Crockett Club Thanks House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman for Wildlife Funding Bill
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R, AR-04) has introduced his America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act.
Population-Level Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a malady of the deer family. This disease is caused by a natural protein in the deer’s body called a prion. Prion proteins can misfold, giving the protein a different conformation that makes it resis