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After eight years of President Barack Obama, you’d think that firearms owners—and the entire firearms industry—would be dancing with joy at the presidency of Donald Trump. Certainly, it was great to hear the president speak up for the Second Amendment in his State of the Union address. But as I learned at this year’s SHOT—Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trades—Show, which wrapped up last week in Las Vegas, it’s more complicated than that.

A report by Responsive Management indicates that 58% of Vermonters support regulated trapping, while only 27% oppose.

Under the Monday opener era, Pennsylvania was losing approximately 5,000 hunters a year from this 18-34 age group, writer says.

Cherry-picking data from surveys to make your point is a common distortion tactic. Cherry-picking surveys themselves takes it to another level.

Trappers were given the opportunity to put their assertions about trapper responsibility into action, but they rejected even these reasonable measures.

These commentaries were written by vocal adherents of an anti-trapping/anti-hunting group. It is obvious they do not support the regulated trapping of wildlife. Why do they feel the need to distort the truth?

When Pete Stever, who trapped his first muskrat at age 12 on his family’s farm in West Fairlee, heard about what had happened in East Corinth last month, he knew immediately what it meant.“It doesn’t look good,” he said. “It only takes one bad egg to...

Voters oppose spring bear hunting and state wolf policies and support more inclusive approach

BECKLEY — West Virginia residents who live near areas usually inhabited by black bears may get a phone call in the coming weeks.

Opinion Many well-meaning wildlife advocates and their organizations tread lightly around the topic of hunting, as though there is something special ...