The Empty Stand: New Projections Show a Crisis in Hunter Replacement

By Hunter Nation | February 24, 2026 |

A growing decline in hunter participation signals a serious threat to wildlife management and conservation. Long before aging demographics became the focus, recruitment has failed to keep pace, shrinking hunters’ role nationwide. As numbers fall, so does the ability to manage wildlife populations, leading to increasing ecological and agricultural challenges. This is more than a generational shift—it’s a structural issue. Reversing the trend will require expanding recruitment beyond tradition and actively bringing new participants into the field.

How Oregon’s Ballot Measure Could Set a National Precedent Against Hunting

By Hunter Nation | February 16, 2026 |

Oregon’s IP28 ballot measure is being positioned as a national test case, aiming to dismantle hunting through a simple legal strategy that could be replicated across the country. By removing key protections, it shifts the debate toward banning animal use entirely. Backed by a long-term strategy to normalize these ideas, its success could trigger similar efforts nationwide, threatening conservation systems, rural economies, and the future of hunting traditions.

How to Fight Back: What Hunters Must Do Now to Stop Oregon’s Hunting Ban Measure

By Hunter Nation | February 9, 2026 |

Stopping Oregon’s hunting ban requires immediate, organized action. Success depends on reaching beyond hunters, educating the public on its impact to food security, farming, and everyday life. Refusing to sign petitions, supporting unified coalitions, and engaging at the local level can halt momentum before it reaches the ballot. Voter turnout will be decisive. This is a fight against complacency, where informed communities and active participation will determine whether conservation and rural traditions endure.

Hunter Nation Takes Center Stage: On Wisconsin Outdoors Features Organization’s Impact on Elections and Wolf Management

By Hunter Nation | January 5, 2026 |

On Wisconsin Outdoors puts Hunter Nation squarely in the spotlight in its January/February 2026 issue, highlighting the organization’s proven impact on hunter voter turnout and science-based wolf management. From cover messaging to in-depth advocacy coverage featuring Wisconsin State Director Chris Vaughan, OWO details how mobilizing hunters at the ballot box has translated into real policy influence. With nearly half a million Wisconsin hunters engaged in the 2024 election, the feature underscores a simple truth: when hunters participate consistently, heritage, wildlife management, and accountability win.

A Tribute to Charlie Kirk: Defender of Faith, Family, and Freedom

By Hunter Nation | September 10, 2025 |

Hunter Nation expresses our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and supporters of Charlie Kirk, who tragically lost his life today in an act of violence. A devoted believer in Christ, a loving husband and father, and a true American patriot, Charlie lived by the values that Hunter Nation holds dear—God, Family, Country, and the Constitution. As the founder of Turning Point, his impact on America’s youth will never be forgotten. His legacy will continue to inspire and guide patriots for generations to come. “Eternal rest grant unto your faithful servant, Charlie Kirk, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon him.”

Conserving America’s Heritage: Supporting the Make America Beautiful Again Initiative

By Hunter Nation | September 5, 2025 |

The Make America Beautiful Again initiative is a bold step forward in conserving and restoring our nation’s lands, waters, and wildlife. Launched in honor of America’s 250th birthday, this effort reminds us that protecting our natural heritage is central to our national story. By prioritizing collaborative conservation strategies—such as wildlife recovery, habitat restoration, wetlands revitalization, and public lands access—the initiative delivers real results for healthier ecosystems and stronger communities. It also cuts red tape to accelerate projects, proving that conservation can unite Americans across the political spectrum.

Hunter Nation: Governor Evers’ Wolf Plan Represents Overreach and a Betrayal of Wisconsin Citizens

By Hunter Nation | August 21, 2025 |

Hunter Nation is leading the charge to get the gray wolf removed from the Endangered Species List, with management being returned to each state, with no judicial review. A key component of that is no judicial review. For decades we have seen the damage the well funded anti-hunting Left can do with lawfare. All they do is find a liberal, activist judge who will agree with their woke, anti-science approach to conservation, so they can pick the winners and losers, regardless of data and science. While the Left’s agenda favors the wolf, it has, and is destroying wildlife herds everywhere they roam unmanaged! This destruction includes plummeting populations of deer, elk, moose and more. The livelihood of ranchers and farmers are being threatened as unmanaged wolves kill and harass their livestock. The number of wildlife and livestock deaths are only part of the equation. The harassment of those not killed leads to plummeting recruitment numbers with less offspring being born. Eventually, there won’t be enough game to hunt and are rural economies will crumble.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach Praises Hunter Nation as Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission Expands Night Vision Coyote Hunting Season

By Hunter Nation | August 19, 2025 |

Kansas Coyote Night Vision Season
-Sept 29 to Dec 2, 2025
-Dec 15 to Dec 31, 2025
-Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2026

Hunter Nation applauds the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission for its decisive action at the August 14, 2025, meeting in Garden City, KS, to expand the night vision coyote season in the Sunflower State.

This commonsense update gives Kansas sportsmen and women more opportunities in the field, strengthens wildlife management efforts, and protects the state’s proud hunting heritage.

“This is a huge win for Kansas hunters and I would like to thank the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Chris Kennedy, for his leadership,” said Hunter Nation Founder Keith Mark, who is also a Commissioner on the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission. “By expanding the night vision coyote hunting season Kansas hunters will get to enjoy more hunting opportunities. This change will also benefit the state’s deer population,” added Mark.

Judge Overturns Wolf Finding, Threatens to Put Western Wolves Back under the ESA

By Hunter Nation | August 7, 2025 |

Hunter Nation is leading the charge to get the gray wolf removed from the Endangered Species List, with management being returned to each state, with no judicial review. A key component of that is no judicial review. For decades we have seen the damage the well funded anti-hunting Left can do with lawfare. All they do is find a liberal, activist judge who will agree with their woke, anti-science approach to conservation, so they can pick the winners and losers, regardless of data and science. While the Left’s agenda favors the wolf, it has, and is destroying wildlife herds everywhere they roam unmanaged! This destruction includes plummeting populations of deer, elk, moose and more. The livelihood of ranchers and farmers are being threatened as unmanaged wolves kill and harass their livestock. The number of wildlife and livestock deaths are only part of the equation. The harassment of those not killed leads to plummeting recruitment numbers with less offspring being born. Eventually, there won’t be enough game to hunt and are rural economies will crumble.

Hunter Nation Wisconsin Engages Patriots in De Pere

By Hunter Nation | July 17, 2025 |

Hunter Nation Wisconsin Engages Patriots in De Pere Hunter Nation’s Wisconsin State Director, Chris Vaughan, had the honor of speaking at the Northeast Wisconsin (N.E.W.) Patriots event held at the Cedar Creek of De Pere Event Center. The gathering brought together passionate Wisconsin patriots, hunters, and conservation-minded citizens to learn more about how Hunter Nation…