No Yellowstone grizzly hunt for Montana this year
State wants to avoid complicating legal battles over federal protections for the animals.
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What is a trophy buck? It’s likely in the eyes of the beholder/hunter
By John L. Sloan, Target Communications Outdoor Books The term “trophy buck” has been around about as long as black powder. Or maybe a lot longer, since big antlers have been found in prehistoric campsites. So what is a trophy deer, really? Without question, it can be a deer of many characteristics or even of
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Preparation key to avoiding archery flinches
By Al Henderson, Target Communications Outdoor Books At almost any tournament, you’ll hear someone say, “I really blew it when I flinched that arrow.” Physically-induced flinches are those that could be caused by someone touching you while you are at full draw or by a noisy truck passing or a big disturbance behind you. All
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Skeeter Boats, Yamaha Outboards again to sponsor Classic Bass Champions Tour in 2018
ZIMMERMAN, Minn. — Classic Bass has announced that Skeeter Boats and Yamaha Outboards will again be the presenting sponsor of the Champions Tour in 2018. In 2017, Andy Walls of Grand Rapids, Minn., left the Champions Tour Championship on Lake Pokegama with a new Skeeter Boats and Yamaha Outboard package; the winner of the 2018
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Wisconsin DNR’s Thiede leaves to join Stepp with EPA
With Thiede’s departure, Ed Eberle, the current assistant deputy secretary, has been appointed to the deputy secretary’s role and Patrick Stevens, now the division administrator for the agency’s Environmental Management division, has been appointed as the new Assistant Deputy Secretary.
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In Wyoming, proposed oil and gas project in key sage grouse habitat draws concern
Oil and gas activity in Wyoming’s Converse County is looking up, but a proposed project to ride off the expected boom reportedly poses a possible threat to the greater sage grouse. The project would involve drilling 5,000 wells over 10 years. The Douglas Core Area, which is protected sage grouse habitat, would be included in
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Scout now for next season’s buck
By John L. Sloan Maybe one of the most important factors of hunting a mature buck – post-season scouting – is no longer important to some deer hunters, being replaced by feeders, supplemental feeding and trail cameras. But it is to me, and it should be to you. Post-season scouting is, quite simply, scouting after
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Free snowmobile weekend in New York [video]
In New York, free snowmobiling weekend for out-of-state and Canadian snowmobilers is Feb. 2-5. Registration fees will be waived for all properly registered and insured snowmobilers wishing to explore New York’s 10,400 miles of trails. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Parks teamed up to create a video to
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Super Bowl ice fishing – on a rooftop [video]
A Twin Cities TV station has taken ice fishing to new heights – as in on the station’s rooftop – as part of the Super Bowl festivities this week in Minneapolis.
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