Tag: Hunting

Zinke posted the tweet with a photo of him standing by the 17-year-old arcade-style video game. (@SecretaryZinke/Twitter)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke installs ‘Big Buck Hunter’ video game in Interior Department cafeteria

John Siciliano · September 19, 2017 9:51 pm

Assuming Ryan sets up his deer stand in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., that means Republicans must send a bill to the White House by Nov. 17. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan sets an aggressive schedule: Get tax reform done in time for ‘deer season’

Philip Wegmann · June 20, 2017 7:01 pm

Sarah Palin: ‘It’s RINO season’

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2017 10:14 pm

A person kneels at a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre.

Sandy Hook commission rules out memorial near hunting club

Anna Giaritelli · September 9, 2016 8:41 pm

Angus King, who praised the designation as a chance for an improvement in the recreation economy in central Maine, urged state residents to be open to the change. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Maine senator backs new monument

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 6:57 pm

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was criticized by conservation groups and Democrats for supporting the hunting and shooting of wolves from helicopters. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Energy and Environment

Obama bans Palin-pushed wolf hunting from helicopters

John Siciliano · August 3, 2016 7:05 pm

The death of Cecil the lion last July sparked international outrage among animal rights groups, who demanded justice after American dentist Walter Palmer shot the animal while on a hunting trip in Africa. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Dems take aim at trophy hunters ahead of Cecil the lion anniversary

John Siciliano · June 13, 2016 3:17 pm

The hunter, John Sturgeon, gets to use his hovercraft to go after moose in Alaska or for whatever else he fancies. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court delivers big win for moose hunter and Alaska

John Siciliano · March 22, 2016 7:03 pm

Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, the Republican chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, said the bill is a response to decades of "abusive federal restrictions for anglers and hunters on federal lands." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House passes bill to open federal lands for gun lovers

John Siciliano · February 26, 2016 9:33 pm

The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · January 28, 2016 7:02 pm

GOP lawmakers are trying to make it easier for hunters and fishermen to bag a deer or hook a trout on federal land.

Energy and Environment

Republicans’ big stand for hunters

Kyle Feldscher · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

Demonstrators gather outside the dental practice of Walter Palmer, who returned to his practice, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Bloomington, Minn. Palmer, after weeks out of the public eye, was the subject of an international uproar after he was identified as the hunter who killed the famous lion Cecil, in Zimbabwe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Washington Secrets

Humane Society: Obama has effectively ended ‘canned’ African lion hunts, Americans kill 90%

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2015 5:50 pm