Ohio’s statewide fishing report for Aug. 25, 2023
Perch continues to be hot topic on Lake Erie. A look at the fishing report from across Ohio on Aug. 25, 2023.
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August 25, 2023
Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report for Aug. 25, 2023
Transition to fall’s better, cooler fishing is underway. A look at the fishing report from across Pennsylvania on Aug. 25, 2023.
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MN Daily Update: One technique that trumped all others on this day
Know there are fish around certain structure but can’t get
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Wood ducks: Hunting tactics for these handsome, early migrators
If ducks were models, the drake wood duck would rule the catwalk.
With iridescent chestnut, green, and purple plumage, accented in snowy white, the undeniably handsome drake woodie is one of nature’s most spectacular winged specimens. For waterfowl hunters, wood ducks can be sneaky fast, darting in from all angles, regardless of wind direction. They’re deceptively wary and have a well-earned reputation for spurning decoy spreads – unless you are well hidden and precisely where they want to be.
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Part of Minnesota’s Tamarac refuge closed to early teal hunt after request from White Earth Nation
Citing protection of the wild rice resource from disturbance during the tribal gathering season, Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Minnesota has issued an emergency closure to one of its hunting units during the state’s five-day experimental early teal season, which begins Sept. 2.
Closed is Area C, the 5,618-acre northern migratory bird unit north of Becker County Highway 143, said Kent Sundseth, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager at Tamarac. The closure was requested by White Earth Nation at a meeting earlier this year.
All duck hunters make mistakes; the best ones learn from them
The 20-something college graduate student unnerved me from the start.
Along with two other natural-resources students, we were hunting one of the national wildlife refuges in California’s waterfowl-rich Central Valley. It was a pretty backwater marsh, and an even prettier morning, which started slowly for the hunters. But by 9 a.m., beneath a cobalt-blue sky and a persistent cool breeze, the refuge’s ducks started moving.
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Illinois has four species of gar: Here is a deeper look at the fascinating Fossil Fish
With the “dog days” of summer upon us, most Illinois fish species seek shelter in deep waters offshore where they can cool off, conserve energy and wait for conditions to improve.
When the sport fish leave their shallow-water haunts in the heat of summer, another, more peculiar, fish makes their presence known. A fish that is not bothered by low oxygen levels, warm water or weed-choked habitats. One that has been around since the Triassic period, when dinosaurs began their rise to power on planet Earth.
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WI Daily Update: One technique that trumped all others on this day
Know there are fish around certain structure but can’t get
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Scout now ahead of New York’s bear season: Here is the sign to look for
Even for those who have been living in the Catskill Mountain region for years, sightings of black bears are still exciting, but not always that common. But one thing that I’ve learned about living in this area of Ulster County, N.Y. is that the bear population is healthy and thriving, and it seems like it will stay that way for at least the next few years.
For multiple springs now we’ve seen sows with two and even three cubs, showing just how well these upstate New York bruins are faring, especially around humans.
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