Managing bird dog weight in off-season
Fifteen or 20 minutes will likely cut it, and not only will it keep your dog in better shape before next bird season, but it’ll pretty much ensure a better quality of life overall.
Bloggers on Hunting
Thoughts on neighboring Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer opener
A Saturday opening day has its merits as well as its drawbacks, but if more hunters can get to go, then why not? For this hunter, keeping it to a Monday would prove far less frenzied.
Pennsylvania’s old stone fences – the stitching that binds our hunting lands
Now conscious of them and what they once meant and mean now, the blogger hopes some future hunters who trek the woods he has understand just what those old piles of stones and rocks represent.
Eight potential deer hunting rule changes OK’d for public vote
Natural Resources Board members looking for shorter crossbow season, adding 10 days to gun season, statewide deer baiting ban and more.
Wisconsin waterfowl hunters may offer thoughts on season framework changes via online survey
More state duck hunters now looking at open-water hunting on Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Some deer hunting traditions should be reconsidered as regs are re-written
State now in position to make some sensible changes to deer hunting regulations.
Hoping for justice in deer torture case
Wheels of justice have turned slowly in the case of 2 teens who tortured buck, but slow justice can be good justice.
Whitefish, morels, Canada geese and new adventures fuel fond memories
The blogger didn’t think he had a very good 2019 outdoors, until he looked over a year’s worth of photos.
House-based dog training during the winter months
Take advantage of training opportunities during the long, dark hours spent indoors this time of year.
Organized coyote hunts are now targets, but so far not in Pennsylvania
More than a few states are banning coyote hunts, but so far not Pennsylvania.
Running traffic on migratory geese tests hunters’ resolve
Goose hunting is often not easy in Pennsylvania.
Bowhunters closing in on state record harvest
Credit crossbows. Credit the mild weather. Credit a resurgent deer herd.
Is it time for big game and small game hunters to switch to non-toxic bullets?
Studies show that bullet fragments move through a dispatched animal carcass well beyond the wound channel.
How about launching a new Thanksgiving tradition in Wisconsin?
Even if there wasn’t turkey on the tables for the very first autumn celebration, what we have come to know as Thanksgiving, we certainly eat breasts and drumsticks aplenty now. We should not forget there is another goings-on during Thanksgiving week, too – the nine-day gun deer season.
Preserving the memories: affordable options exist
A good taxidermy mount can be an expensive option, but for this blogger, there’s a more practical and far less expensive way to make the memory last.
End of a hunting era?
Hunting season was a bit more difficult than in years past all the way around. For the regular Southern Zone big game season opener, our traditional trip to Steuben County saw limited participation from our group of hunters. Life seemed to get in the way this year as illness, school and work impacted a brother, my daughter, two nephews and…
Find positive ways to encourage more Wisconsin deer hunting
Should Wisconsin encourage more out-of-state hunters to travel here for deer?
‘Just a small eight’ makes deer hunter’s season
Pennsylvania hunters live in an exciting time when eight-point bucks are nothing to crow about, but still a trophy.
Pennsylvania Saturday rifle opener didn’t seem different from customary Monday start
It’s all about the same when it comes to hunter numbers and harvested deer.
Back to hunting ducks during deer season
Due to the loss of family hunting land, blogger decided to stay home in Sault Ste. Marie this deer season and hunt ducks and geese instead.
Finally, a woman is on a Pennsylvania board serving sportsmen again
Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission boards have been good old boys’ clubs.
Pondering the end of deer season
As I write this, the end of deer season across New York is fast approaching. This year the Northern Zone and Southern Zone rifle seasons end on the same day, Dec. 8, with the late muzzleloading seasons following. They end Dec. 15 and 17, respectively. For those who hunt the Southern Tier, that’s business as usual. But for Northern Zone…
It’s not the size of the deer, it’s the size of the memory
Let’s face it. Deer season is about memories, both good and bad. I can vividly remember the morning a beautiful 10-point cautiously walked across an overgrown gas line that bisected the farm on which I was hunting. I was about 100 yards above him and the shot was easy. His antlers now grace a wall in my office. On the flip side, I still remember last deer…
Bird dog trust: Key to upland bird hunting and waterfowling success
To create more flushes and retrieves, develop the right relationship with your four-legged hunting partner.
Youth gun kill drops just slightly
More youths apparently participating in bowhunting before the gun season.
Of bucks and birthdays
I’ve always considered myself lucky to be raised in an extended family of Adirondack deer hunters. While that’s the primary reason I’ve likely become an avid whitetail hunter myself, the fact that I was born in mid-November may have also contributed. Yes, I was a rut baby. Some of the hunts that have transpired on my birthday have shaped me…
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