Hunting Organizations

Hunting Organizations: Conservation, Access and the Hunting Tradition

Hunters and the organizations they support have funded and led wildlife conservation in North America for well over a century, restoring game populations, protecting habitat and opening land to public access. Many of these groups also defend hunting and trapping in legislatures and courts, which ties them directly to the broader effort to protect firearm ownership. A growing number focus on bringing disabled veterans and sportsmen with physical challenges into the field.

Minuteman University.com currently lists 31 hunting organizations below, including conservation clubs, species-specific foundations, safari clubs, sportsmen’s advocacy groups and adaptive and veteran hunting programs. Each profile covers the group’s founding, headquarters and focus.

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Boone and Crockett Club: Founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell, and based in Missoula, Montana.
Ducks Unlimited: Grew out of the Boone and Crockett Club in 1927, took its current name in 1937, and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.
NWTF: The National Wild Turkey Federation, founded in 1973 in Edgefield, South Carolina.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: Founded in 1984, it reports opening, securing or improving access to more than 911,000 acres of elk habitat.
Sportsmen’s Alliance: Incorporated in 1978 after work on an Ohio trapping issue, and based in Columbus, Ohio.
Hunting with Heroes: Started in 2015 in Casper, Wyoming, to provide hunting and outdoor experiences for disabled veterans.