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February 2, 2026

Mike Raykovicz: What to look for when winter scouting

It’s the end of January, and admittedly, I don’t have a lot to do. I sold my snowshoes a few years ago. Worn knees took care of that activity.
Nevertheless, even though deer season is closed, and turkey season is still four months away, I still like to get out into the woods and do some post-season scouting, provided the snow isn’t knee deep.

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Looking for huge spring flocks? Here are four destinations to hunt north-bound snow geese

Like clockwork every late winter and early spring, millions of snow geese begin their grueling 3,000-mile-plus journey from their wintering areas in the southern United States to their Canadian arctic breeding grounds.
The winged push north – the arduous prelude to nesting season – is a stunning aerial display that defies description, an outdoors attraction that spring snow goose hunters participating in the federal spring “conservation order” relish.

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New York native to head up National Wild Turkey Federation research

New York native Patrick Wightman, Ph.D., has joined the National Wild Turkey Federation as the organization’s new national director of wild turkey research and science.
Wightman, who has been in Athens, Ga., since 2018, most recently has been working for the University of Georgia where he earned his doctorates, and will oversee and coordinate the NWTF’s entire research program.

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Knife accident turns deer hunt into all-night survival challenge for Wisconsin hunter

Matt Jefko says he can’t sacrifice the time and money to hunt Western states, so he turns his Wisconsin hunts into hard-earned adventures whenever possible.
But after this Middleton High School teacher arrowed a buck in southwestern Wisconsin’s Yellowstone Lake State Park, he triggered more adventure than most hunters ever find on the Great Plains or in the Rocky Mountains. Jefko, 41, wouldn’t wish similar misadventures on anyone.

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