Oklahoma is just the most recent states to price out the less wellto-do of big-game hunters, with more than a doubling of the fee charged of whitetail hunters. Rothstein argues that states that jack up such prices in similar fashion aren’t doing themselves any favors over the long haul.
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In many ways, the serious modern deer hunter has a tremendous knowledge advantage over deer hunters of yesteryear. The advent of social media and the online information sphere have made the culmination of human whitetail-hunting knowledge available at your fingertips.
This has created a generation of deer hunters who are as hardcore as they come, and who are also pretty knowledgeable about deer biology and behavior as a result. But in many ways, the serious modern deer hunter is at a major disadvantage compared with our deer-hunting forefathers.
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As a mostly casual turkey hunter, it took me years to really grab onto the concept of scouting for turkeys. After all, they gobble, so they’ll tell you where they are, right? That’s true sometimes, but much is missed with that statement. For years, I would just head out during my turkey season and hope for the best.
During these years (which featured minimal success), I quickly came to realize that, despite turkeys having small brains, they’re pretty darn successful at surviving.
Want to kill a gobbler? Just like hunting whitetails, scouting ups your odds Read More »
Inevitably, despite my best intentions to be an honest turkey hunter, I always seem to find myself drifting toward scouting for whitetails during turkey season.
One of my favorite layers of irony to unpack with that statement is the fact that I can happily pull off all-day whitetail sits in November, deer or no deer, consecutive days in a row, but the second the turkeys stop talking, I get antsy and feel the need to explore.
Ryan Rothstein: Turkey hunting and whitetail scouting go hand in hand Read More »
If you’re even a casual out-of-state deer hunter, you’ve probably heard about western states further limiting nonresident tags and some states restricting nonresident use of public lands.
As a self-professed Western hunting addict, I’ve been closely following these issues, which have been rapidly coming to a head in recent years.
Ryan Rothstein: Out-of-state whitetail tags getting harder and harder to come by Read More »
I’d be lying if I said I’m a diehard shed hunter, but I’ve also done it enough to know a thing or two about locating bone discarded this winter by whitetail bucks. Every spring, I find myself inadvertently looking for antlers, with varying degrees of success.
As with much of my deer hunting the past couple of years, the second I start thinking I have everything figured out, I proceed to immediately take a whooping from the deer gods. Last year’s shed-hunting endeavors were no exception. To be fair to myself, last winter was beyond mild, and deer just weren’t doing “normal” deer things during the course of winter.
Ryan Rothstein: Be ready to burn more boot leather to find sheds this year Read More »
Although it’s not uncommon to find me sifting through trail camera photos at any point in the year, it’s almost a given that’s what I’ll be doing come early October. But for as many trail cam photos that I’ve looked at over the years, I’ll never forget the ones I saw in early October of 2020.
That moment is seared into my memory. I recall staring at my computer screen for a good half-minute-plus, my brain processing what was in front of me. My first thought was that I had inadvertently ingested hallucinogens, or that someone was playing an extremely elaborate prank on me. If memory serves, my verbal reaction went something like this: “No (bleeping) way …”
Ryan Rothstein: Minnesota’s ‘other’ deer species making a comeback Read More »
Being a longtime Outdoor News subscriber (and perpetually behind in my reading), a few recent stories about wind energy, and the land easements that come with them, got my attention.
They got the wheels in my head spinning in a lot of directions – not the least of which is how our personal lens of experience can shape our perspective.
I didn’t even realize it until I saw the email blast, but we’re already at the midpoint of the DNR’s 10-year deer management plan, which was finalized in 2018. I’m still deciding if that means time flies when you’re having fun, or if I’m just getting old.
In the meantime, I sifted through this detailed halfway report, and here’s what I found.
Ryan Rothstein: Hunters, DNR both have work to do in managing Minnesota’s deer herd Read More »
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