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State of the Union: Recruitment is Key

By Steve Wright
ESPNOutdoors.com — Jan 12, 2007

Friday, January 12, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. — The number of U.S. hunters has been on the decline since the 1940s. But there are increasingly stronger programs in place to reverse that trend, according to Doug Painter, the president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Painter's message of hope and mission of recruitment was best illustrated by his opening remark to the firearms and hunting industry representatives gathered Thursday night for the 2007 SHOT Show in the Orange County Convention Center. This marked ...

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