Programs

Fill a Bag While Filling Your TagTM

America’s 60 million+ active hunters, anglers, and target shooters (HATSTM) spend more time out of doors than any other group. They go deep into nature and find solace in the outdoors.

Something else they find while outdoors is other peoples’ trash.

Being the primary stewards of wildlife and environmental conservation in America, HATS are making Outdoor Stewards of Conservations' Fill a Bag, While Filling Your Tag program one of the fasting growing grass roots efforts to take trash out of nature.

A true consortium, this program works with manufacturers, retailers, conservation groups and state wildlife agencies to distribute light weight bio-degradable bags to HATS across America and asks them to fill a bag with trash they come across while participating in hunting, angling and target shooting.

With a goal of 100 tons of trash removed annually, nature never looked so good thanks to HATS.

Hats from HATS

Unfortunately, homelessness is still a major problem in America. With more than a half-million folks living outside at any given time, services are required to assist them. Hunters, anglers and target shooters (HATS) are among the most generous people in America and Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation works with America's 60 million HATS to donate new, or lightly used, headwear to their local clothing donation center to support homelessness relief.

Inform & Invite New HATS

Inform: The fact that hunters, anglers, and target shooters (HATS) are the primary stewards and funders of wildlife and environmental conservation in America is, unfortunately, unknown by most of the general population. Be sure to share information from our Data and Graphics section and inform your co-workers, friends and neighbors about how conservation is truly funded in America.

Invite: Even though HATS are 60 million strong, it is important to recruit the next generation of conservation stewards. There is not much more rewarding than teaching someone, young or old, how to catch their first fish, hit their first target, or make their first harvest.

Be sure to share your recruiting experience on your social channels and tell us your story as we'll feature some of them on our social channels and randomly send some free OSCF swag to some lucky mentors.