Most of the federal firearms and ammunition tax revenue earmarked for wildlife conservation is coming from non-hunters, some claim, raising the question of whether it can be used to leverage anti-hunting movements.

But in Wyoming, there’s scant chance of that, some sports and tactical shooters said.

Here, there isn’t much of a dividing line between hunting and target shooting. Many Wyoming gun enthusiasts do both, Jason Crotteau, who runs the Riverton-based Wyoming Tactical shooters’ training company, told Cowboy State Daily.

“I think shooters and hunters, they finally figured out, we can’t fight each other on this,” he said.

What Is Pittman-Robertson?

The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 took an existing excise tax on firearms and reallocated it toward a grant fund

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