This Labor Day, as we salute the passing of another summer and celebrate the American workers who are the real heroes of our economy, pause to consider the economic and job- creation engine that the outdoor industry provides the nation.

Working Draft prepared by the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy

Hunter numbers have been on a slow and steady decline for the past thirty years. Numerous factors have contributed to this trend. Our nation has shifted from a rural to an urban culture.

The Boone and Crockett Club today praised passage of the Great American Outdoors Act by the U.S. House of Representatives as a monumental step for public lands conservation. The bipartisan bill, that passed by a resounding vote of 310-107, fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund and also provides funding to land management agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land…

Through Trailblazers in Conservation, YETI is backing the Club's work in promoting scientific wildlife management, balanced policies, hunter advocacy and broader public understanding of the applications and benefits of sustainable-use conservation.

By golly, it’s finally hunting season.

From apex predators like grizzly bears to feisty striped skunks, the Boone and Crockett Club’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front is a wildlife melting pot. You can see a small sampling of those full-time residents here.    

The ranch has dozens of wildlife trail cams set in key locations.