Recent Rules Articles

After Decades of Recovery, the State's 2 Million Wild Alligators Are Rewriting the Rules of the Hunt Louisiana has a gator problem — and it's the best kind of problem to have. Decades after the American alligator was pushed to the edge of extinction and hunting was banned entirely in the state bac

The Oklahoma Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling on March 23 that reinforced the right of tribal members to hunt and fish on their reservations — a decision that pushed back hard against a legal challenge brought by Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

NOAA Shuts Down Recreational Fishing After Annual Catch Limit Is Hit The 2026 recreational fishing season for golden tilefish in South Atlantic federal waters is coming to an early close. NOAA Fisheries announced that the season will end at 12:01 a.m. on March 27, 2026 — nearly nine months before

Wisconsin Congressman Scott Fitzgerald is backing a piece of legislation that hunters across the country have been waiting on for a long time. The bill, called the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, passed recently and does something pretty straightforward — it keeps the federal governm

A Long-Overdue Change That Could Reshape Wildlife Management Across the Commonwealth For years, Massachusetts hunters have packed up their gear on Saturday nights, driven across state lines, and spent their Sundays hunting in New Hampshire, Vermont, or Connecticut — states that never thought to ba

The State Just Rewrote the Rules on Deer Hunting — And It Changes Everything For decades, deer season in New York has followed a familiar rhythm. You buy your license, you get your tags, and you head into the woods. But the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now proposing t

Virginia gun owners woke up to some pretty big news recently. The state has passed what lawmakers are calling an assault weapons ban, and if the governor signs off on it, things are about to change in a serious way for anyone who owns or plans to buy certain firearms in Old Dominion. This isn't

The First Open Season in Years Comes With a Catch For the first time since 2023, both sport and commercial salmon fishing will be legal in California waters this spring. After years of closures that squeezed anglers and devastated commercial fishing operations up and down the coast, the news lande

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has given Northeast anglers something to look forward to this season. The ASMFC approved up to a 20% increase in the black sea bass harvest for 2026, which means more fish heading home in the cooler at the end of the day. But the exact rules depend on

A bill that started because of a duck hunting dispute in a small Tennessee town has passed the state Senate and is now making its way through the House. The legislation is simple in its goal: make it crystal clear that the state — not cities or counties — has the final say over legal hunting method