OUTDOOR CORNER: U.S. OBSERVES 25TH NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY

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Sunday, September 22, 1996

In 1972, Congress and President Richard Nixon made a decision to set aside the fourth Saturday in September to recognize hunters and fishermen for the important role they had played in wildlife conservation. Thus was the birth of National Hunting and Fishing Day.

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