A story in the March 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News described a seven-year debate over reducing the statewide walleye daily bag limit in Minnesota from six fish to four.
There are two important issues at hand. First, does the statewide bag limit need to be reduced? And second, and perhaps more importantly, why is this initiative being handled in such an unusual way?
We call it the rut.
Many of us deer hunters wait, plan, dream, and pine for this time. It seems simple and is when we see the most bucks, not only hunting but on trail cams too. Bucks chase does for the most obvious of reasons, right? But as in many things in nature, once we peel back the layers of the onion, things are a bit more complex out there than first imagined.
Oak Duke: Examining the chasing phase of the whitetail rut Read More »
I can tell the past few years have given me some rough off-seasons, because I’ve felt like a recently beheaded chicken scrambling all over the place trying to fit in as much work as humanly possible during this record-warm winter.
Despite the calendar telling us it’s only March, it’s felt like the sands of time are fading fast and that my window for accomplishing habitat projects and deer-season prep is in imminent danger of closing.
Ryan Rothstein: No time like the present to prep deer stands Read More »
Facing scrutiny from state lawmakers, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said it will not renew a controversial contract it signed late last year with a politically connected lobbying firm.
Spotlight PA revealed the existence of the agency’s contract with Allegheny Strategy Partners, a lobbying firm run by former state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, in February. The commission defended the agreement as an effort to help it improve its relationship with the Legislature.
Pennsylvania Game Commission won’t renew lobbying firm contract after facing scrutiny Read More »
Tim Lesmeister uses his ice-fishing rods all year. Here are
MN Daily Update: Use your ice-fishing rods all year long Read More »
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