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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in late September that Robert Hautman of Delano, Minn., won the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of a long-tailed duck pair (seen above at the official ceremony).

Tired of walking long distances and coming home empty-handed? Here are five keys to help boost your bag of birds this year.

Free entry runs through Nov. 13, 2026, and one winner and a guest will be heading to the Texas Panhandle for a fully guided hunt at MERUS Adventure—a private hunting and off-road park near Claude, Texas, outside Amarillo. The trip includes a fully guided hunt, range time with top-tier optics and gear, on-site lodging for the length of the stay and off-road driving across the property.

The required number of valid signatures to put a “Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment” on Colorado’s Nov. 3 ballot was reached on Sept. 4. If approved by voters—according to Ballotpedia’s summary—it would add the “…right to hunt, fish, and take fish and wildlife through traditional methods” to the state constitution.

Check out this memorable hunting story from member William Scott Aldridge.

The author hunts the Space Coast with a pair of airguns from Gamo.

A new Savage rifle does the trick on an Idaho elk hunt.

A Kentucky squirrel camp reminds the author how a hunting career and love of the woods can be launched by a single trigger press on a rimfire rifle.

Now hear this, NRA American Hunter readers: this is a call for entries for American Hunter’s “2027 Members’ Best” feature story to run next year in our combined June/July print issue.