Indiana Fishing Report – March 27, 2025
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
March 27, 2025
Coho fishing has really picked up across all ports on Lake Michigan.
Iowa
Iowa’s pheasant season has evolved over decades
DNR Report
March 26, 2025
Iowa’s current 70-plus day long pheasant season, opening on the last Saturday in October through Jan. 10 each year, is a long way from how it began. In the early years, from 1926-41, the season
Iowa’s Prairie Chicken Day canceled due to low bird numbers
DNR Report
March 25, 2025
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has canceled the upcoming Prairie Chicken Day due to the decline in the local population to the point where staff have only observed sporadic use by a few
Jigs and swimbaits are a simple but effective approach for spring bass
John Tertuliani
March 25, 2025
Each year, I grow less interested in what technology brings to largemouth bass fishing. My age is the reason. I enjoy catching them as I always have – with jigs.
Wallace Stegner summed up these
Star Watch: A little love for the constellation Corvus
Bob Drieslein
March 24, 2025
Tucked away in the spring and summer evening skies is a rather unimpressive group of stars that make up the constellation Corvus.
According to Greek mythology, the god Apollo sent a crow (Corvus )
Ryan Rothstein: Out-of-state whitetail tags getting harder and harder to come by
Ryan Rothstein
March 24, 2025
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
Two tactics for outsmarting roaming toms after hens are on their nest
Gene Kroupa
March 24, 2025
When turkey hens are on the nest, it’s good to know how to take advantage of “Roaming Romeos” in search of love. Some mornings these gobblers will start early in checking their home territory. Other
Nature Smart: Get to know the long-tailed weasel — a tiny but true predator
Stan Tekiela
March 23, 2025
Uncommon critters fascinate me, which reminds me of some encounters I had with a cool animal on my recent photo tours in Yellowstone National Park this winter.
The long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata) is one
A little pre-season scouting can go a long way toward a filled turkey tag
Site Staff
March 22, 2025
It wasn’t that long ago when the notion of patterning turkeys would have earned you some strange looks. The dominant hunting styles used to be to either roost a bird and work him specifically at
