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- Range Grants Available from MA DFW. Great for improving your clubs Hunters Ed program etc...
- Victory! Muzzleloader Regulation Change Now Official. A regulation change allowing deer hunters to use a hinge or break-open action muzzleloader during the primitive firearms season for deer has officially been enacted and will be in effect for the 2011 deer season
- Land Celebration in Newbury, Public Invited! Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 11 AM, the Fisheries and Wildlife Board, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW), and the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) invites the interested public to a celebration of a recent 24.5-acre parcel addition to the Martin Burns Wildlife Management Area
- Senator Brewer Comes Through for Sportsmen Again. In the recent budget deliberations in the Senate, the Senator was successful in securing two outside sections that will greatly help our youth activities.
- Important Public Hearing scheduled for June 14th. Bills relevant to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture will be heard
- Massachusetts Division for Fisheries and WIldlife has great programs for the ladies! Click for more info
- California Enviromental Group to try "End Around" in order to ban lead ammo. Here we go again!
- More states add "Youth Only" hunting season. Thirty states have passed youth-friendly hunting legislation since lobbying efforts by Families Afield and the National Shooting Sports Foundation began in 2004 aimed at creating more opportunities for young hunters. Age requirements vary by state.
- Upton residents fail in attempt to expand hunting "buffer" The Upton Conservation Commission has voted not to increase a buffer zone between residential property and town-owned hunting land in the Glen Echo neighborhood, pleasing hunters but upsetting residents who say they have been left to deal with a dangerous situation.
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- Check out the MA Outdoor Blog, Lots of good information about hunting and outdoor activities.
- Massachusetts Outdoor Exposition, Sunday September 26th @ Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, Sturbridge MA.
- Firearms Industry responds to anti-hunting attack on traditional ammunition The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has announced its opposition to a petition filed today with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking to ban the use of traditional ammunition, containing lead-core components, by America’s sportsmen and women.
- $2,500 grant helps deer hunters provide venison to the hungry. Hunters Helping the Hungry has received a $2,500 grant from the NRA Foundation to assist with the cost of butchering donated venison that will be given to New Jersey food banks.
- MA Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife would like your input in how best to manage wildlife habitat areas. There are some public meetings this week, if interested click for more info.
- Civil RIghts Win! See GOAL's page on the landmark SCOTUS McDonald v. Chicago decision
- Coyotes attacking children in NYC Suburbs
- MA. Deer population is thriving.
- GOAL works to define Muzzle Loader Regulations
- Hunting License Sales Up By
3.5 Percent in NSSF Index of States
- Oh, deer! Over-population threatens plant life in forests
- Hunters brave rain for opening day of Deer Season.
- War Veterans take a break from military life to enjoy some hunting time
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