Category Archives: Hunting Organization

Sportsmen`s Alliance

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U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance was officially incorporated in 1978 as the number one defender of sportsmen across the country.

  • 1977 started as the defense of an Ohio trapping issue
  • 1977 Wildlife Legislative Fund of America and Wildlife Conservation Fund of America
  • 1978 U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance was officially incorporated
  • soon evolved into the country’s leading advocate for sportsmen
  • 1982 Common Sense Amendments to the Endangered Species Act
  • 1983 created The Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund (SLDF)
  • The Sportsmen’s Alliance became the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation
  • 2001 Trailblazer Adventure Program – developed for outdoor youth education program, reaching 1 million participants in just nine years. 
  • 2010 ensured hunting access on 100 million acres of the National Wildlife Refuge system
  • 2012 pushed the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act
  • 2014 defeated a ballot initiative backed and bankrolled by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
  • 2015 USSA’s name changed to the Sportsmen’s Alliance

http://www.sportsmensalliance.org

U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
801 Kingsmill Parkway
Columbus, OH 43229
(614) 888-4868

RMBS

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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society

formed in 1975
Denver, Colorado

to promote the science-based management of the bighorn sheep, educate the public about their life and habitat, and assure the sportsman’s rights in proper opportunities

 

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society
Denver, Colorado
(720) 201-3791

bighornsheep.org

Wild Sheep Foundation

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started in 1974
Bozeman, Montana

  • 1974 formed Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
  • 1977 incorporated as a non-profit
  • 2008 FNAWS changed name to Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF)
  • has raised and put on the mountain more than $115 million
    – desert bighorn sheep have soared threefold in North America, from around 25,000 in the 1950s to 85,000 today
  •  12,000 WSF, Chapter and Affiliate members

Wild Sheep Foundation
412 Pronghorn Trail
Bozeman, Montana 59718

406.404.8750

wildsheepfoundation.org

NWTF

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National Wild Turkey Federation

founded in 1973
Edgefield, South Carolina

  • from 1.5 million wild turkeys in North America
    – after decades of dedicated work almost 7 million turkeys
  • almost 250,000 NWTF members
  • Save The Habitat, Save The Hunt

National Wild Turkey Federation
Post Office Box 530
Edgefield, South Carolina 29824-0530

(800) THE-NWTF(843-6983)

nwtf.org

Ruffed Grouse Society

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established in 1961
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

  • North America’s foremost conservation organization dedicated to preserving our sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other wildlife
  • RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices.

Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS)
451 McCormick Road
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108

888-564-6747

ruffedgrousesociety.org

IHEA – USA

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International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) – USA

since 1949
Denver, Colorado

  • Professional hunter education association
    – affiliated with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
    – 50 state fish and hunter education programs
  • 55,000 volunteer instructors
  •  train and certify more than 650,000 students annually

International Hunter Education Association – USA
800 East 73rd Avenue, Unit 3
Denver, Colorado 80229

303 430-7233

ihea-usa.org

Ducks Unlimited

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 1927
Memphis, Tennessee

dedicated to the betterment of waterfowl and waterfowling in all of North America

 

  • 1927 started as an offshoot of the Boone & Crockett Club
  •  until 1930 operated as American Wild Fowlers
  • 1937 Ducks Unlimited (DU) was born
  • 2016  700,000 members

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
One Waterfowl Way
Memphis, Tennessee, 38120

1-800-45DUCKS

ducks.org