Sportsmen’s Alliance

NH Bill Opens Door for Anti-Hunters on Fish and Game Commission

It’s well known that American sportsmen fund the vast majority of wildlife conservation efforts across the country through their purchase of hunting and fishing licenses and from taxes paid on the purchases of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment and fishing gear. Recognizing the connection between successful wildlife conservation and hunting, fishing and trapping, most state fish […]

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New York Activist Lawmaker Attacks Trapping

Most legislators from Manhattan don’t normally know much about what it takes to manage wildlife, let alone the importance that trapping plays in scientific management. But that hasn’t stopped Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, from introducing Assembly Bill 8733 that would ban foothold traps. Take Action Today! New York members

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Massachusetts Representative Targets Duck Hunting

Under the guise of “public safety and quality of life,” Rep. RoseLee Vincent (D-Suffolk) has introduced House Bill 4138, which creates a gigantic buffer zone that would shut down a key waterfowl hunting area in Massachusetts. The buffer zone would cover the tidelands, extending 1,500 yards offshore from Revere beach and the Point of Pines

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Pennsylvania Sunday Hunting Bill Headed to House Floor

The Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee approved legislation allowing three days of Sunday hunting, leaving Senate Bill 147 just one step from being sent to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. The committee’s 21-4 vote comes a little more than three months after the Pennsylvania Senate approved the bill by a 36-14 vote. Call Today! Pennsylvania

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House Committee Approves CECIL Act, Restricting Hunting Abroad

The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee passed HR 2245, known as the CECIL Act, on a party-line vote of 19-16. The bill, sponsored by committee chairman Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), will place significant restrictions on hunting and importing the taxidermy. Take Action Today! Members should contact their U.S. Representative and ask them

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CALLS NEEDED! Pennsylvania’s Sunday Hunting Bill

The Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 147 that would permit Sunday hunting in the Keystone State. The archaic Blue Law banning Sunday hunting in the Commonwealth was originally enacted in 1682 before Pennsylvania was granted statehood and has prohibited sportsmen from going afield ever since. Call Today!

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