Stories Behind Trophies Never Meant To Be In The Records

For more than four years, one trail camera was aimed at the same tree 24/7. That camera caught just about every awesome thing that wanders along northwest Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. There are wolves and hares, rutting elk and skunks. There are skittish coyotes, and perhaps the craziest of all, there are bears, lots of bears that love one particular tree.

Wild Rose Country blooms with trophy big game

Yukon offers true wilderness big game hunting

Saskatchewan delivers legendary whitetails

Every state wildlife agency is committed to increasing participation, getting more of their citizens in the field with a fishing rod or hunting rifle in their hands.

Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation (OSCF) has identified the need to form a coalition of state wildlife agencies, NGO’s, media, industry manufacturers and retailers to work together to develop and communicate messages that promote the positive contributions of Hunters, Anglers, Trappers and Shooters (HATS).

For years, when former hunters and anglers were asked why they stopped hunting or fishing, they often cited a lack of access to places to hunt and fish. Maybe an upstate relative sold the family farm, or the neighbor’s woodlot where they had been given permission for years was sold to a housing developer.