Ensuring the Future of All Big Game

RMEF is dedicated to ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage.

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Searching for a Blacktail deer among the rainforest of western Oregon, Bob Ziehmer of Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s reflects on how hunters led the way in restoring game populations across the country nearly a century ago and continue their stewardship of natural resources today.

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RMEF is bringing you 52 exciting reasons to look forward to Mondays! Enter our Gun-Day Monday Sweepstakes with 104 chances to win a fabulous premium or antique firearm in weekly drawings in 2026! Over $110,000.00 in guns to be given away.

Our conservation work is only possible because of the time, energy, and resources of RMEF members and supporters.

— Kyle Weaver, RMEF President & CEO

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Fact #1

Since our founding in 1984, we have conserved nearly one square mile of big game country every day.

Fact #2

RMEF and our partners have protected or enhanced more than 9.1 million acres with a goal of conserving 10 million by 2030.

Fact #3

RMEF has opened or improved public access to 1.6 million acres of land for hunting and other recreational activities.

Fact #4

RMEF has completed more than 14,800 lifetime conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects.

Fact #5

We have more than 500 chapters and 11,000+ volunteers all over the United States.