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08/22/2026

08/20/2026

Did you know there is a network of anti-hunters working with game agencies, and hunter money is paying for it?

The Wildlife Management Institute, run by Tony Wasley, received $216,338 under grant F23AP00507 to create a national network of “Relevancy Coaches” to help game agencies implement the Fish and Wildlife Relevancy Roadmap. That Roadmap says game-agency staff are currently 68% Traditionalist (approve of hunting) and only 8% mutualist (anti hunters), while the general public is 34% Mutualist. Then it tells agencies to “recruit and retain diverse values and perspectives within the agency workforce.”

Here is what that means in plain English. They think game agencies have too many people who believe in hunting, trapping, fishing, and using wildlife, and not enough people who oppose that worldview. They call it “relevancy.” I call it using hunter money to train agencies how to bring anti-hunting values into the departments that control our seasons, tags, rules, and future. This is not hunter recruitment. This is a roadmap for taking over game agencies from the inside. And it’s all paid for with Pitman Roberts money.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Rack Junkies Podcast

08/12/2026

A guide was charged with 71 game-law counts, lost his hunting privileges for 10 years, then investigators say he kept running illegal hunts anyway.

Dustin Noble ran Noble Outdoors near North Platte, Nebraska. Before this case, Nebraska officials said he had already been charged with 71 counts, convicted on 10 counts in 2014, and had his hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges revoked for 10 years. But investigators said that did not stop him.

From 2015 to 2021, Noble allegedly provided illegal hunting and guiding services to paying clients. Officers said the operation involved road hunting, night hunting, thermals, suppressors, illegal land access, and animals killed outside hunting seasons. After deer were shot illegally from the road, a beer can was reportedly left as a marker so they could come back after dark to recover it.

By the end, investigators tied Noble Outdoors to 114 unlawful hunts involving mule deer, turkeys, pronghorn, whitetails, an alligator, a timber rattlesnake, and more. Noble got 22 months in prison, $179,680 in restitution, and a 25-year ban from hunting, fishing, trapping, guiding, or outfitting.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Rack Junkies Podcast

08/05/2026

Missouri Cuts Nonresident Deer Hunters to One Buck—Fair or Too Far?

Missouri just drew a hard line between residents and out-of-state deer hunters—and this one is guaranteed to divide the hunting community.

Beginning with the 2026 deer season, most nonresident hunters may take only one antlered deer total across Missouri’s archery and fi****ms seasons combined.

Missouri residents may still take two antlered deer across those seasons. Qualifying nonresident landowners may also retain a two-buck limit when using the proper landowner permits on their qualifying property.

What this means for Missouri residents

Supporters say Missouri residents should receive the better opportunity because they live there, support conservation year-round and deal with hunting pressure every season.

The change could mean:

* Fewer nonresident bucks harvested.
* Less competition from traveling hunters.
* More opportunity for residents, especially on heavily hunted property.
* More hunters becoming selective before using their only buck tag.

But nothing in this rule guarantees less crowding, easier access or more mature bucks.

What this means for out-of-state hunters

Nonresidents now have one decision to make—and they had better make it count.

Kill a buck during archery season, and your regular nonresident buck opportunity is generally over for the entire combined archery and fi****ms season.

That restriction lands harder when you compare permit prices. Missouri currently lists a fi****ms any-deer permit at $19.50 for a resident and $360 for a regular nonresident.

So the argument is obvious:

Should an out-of-state hunter pay hundreds of dollars more while receiving half the buck opportunity?

Or is that exactly how it should work because Missouri wildlife should benefit Missouri residents first?

The landowner exception may create an even bigger argument

Qualifying nonresident landowners may still take two antlered deer using the appropriate landowner permits on their qualifying property.

But a regular nonresident who leases land, books with an outfitter or hunts public ground is limited to one.

So should owning Missouri property give an out-of-state hunter more opportunity than someone who leases or pays an outfitter?

That may be the part of this rule hunters argue about the most.

Missouri may not be finished

Missouri is also considering an additional $165 public-land deer permit for nonresidents beginning in 2027.

The proposal would require nonresident hunters to buy that permit in addition to their regular deer permit to hunt deer on Missouri state and federal public lands. It is still only a proposal, and public comments are open through August 14, 2026.

Put those two ideas together and a regular nonresident public-land hunter could eventually face:

One buck, a $360 fi****ms permit and another $165 public-land permit.

Now let’s hear it

Should states protect their residents by limiting nonresident hunters?

Should everyone receive the same buck limit regardless of where they live?

Is charging nonresidents more while giving them less opportunity fair—or is that simply the price of hunting another state’s deer?

And should a nonresident landowner get two bucks while a nonresident leasing ground gets only one?

👇 Missouri residents, traveling hunters, landowners, outfitters and public-land hunters: pick a side. Fair protection for residents—or did Missouri go too far?

Keep it legal. Beyond that, tell us what you really think.



Official sources

Missouri Department of Conservation: Approved 2026 nonresident limit and proposed public-land permit⁠

Missouri Department of Conservation: Official 2026 deer limits⁠

Missouri Department of Conservation: Fi****ms any-deer permit prices⁠

Missouri Department of Conservation: Proposed regulations and public-comment information⁠

07/31/2026

07/31/2026

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06/30/2026

Time to get busy

06/12/2026

The man responsible for the death of six deer hunters in 2004 recently died in prison while serving six life sentences for murder.