Hook and Bullet
Ohio buck shot on 4-acre property in Auglaize County scores 196 4/8
Rick Place, of Sidney, says there isn’t much of a backstory to the massive buck he killed in the fall of 2022. It was more “right place at the right time.”
That right time
Try a laid-back approach to get on call-shy gobblers
The last couple of seasons, hunters have thought there was a curse on the wild gobblers. They just didn’t want to gobble! It has been frustrating and bewildering. Yet the Pennsylvania Game Commission assures us
Meet Keng Yang: Adult-onset hunter, enthusiastic mentor
When a film about Keng Yang and his dog premiered at Pheasant Fest in February, he became something of an instant celebrity. His likeness has appeared many times in recent months online, in newspapers, and
Wisconsin winter rated as severe in the north
The effect of the winter on deer is used to help determine the County Deer Advisory Council recommendations for antlerless deer quotas for the fall hunt.
The Bayfield Peninsula took a pounding this past
Turkey Timing Part 3: Minnesota’s E and F seasons can be fantastic
Interest in turkey hunting falls off during our Minnesota season’s waning weeks, this year May 10-16 (period E) and May 17-31 (period F). If you buy a license for E, you also get to hunt
Minnesota turkeys bucking trend of nationally declining numbers?
There are parts of the country where wildlife managers are working to reverse a trend of declining wild turkey numbers, but Minnesota’s turkey population appears to be bucking that trend, at least in many regions,
Springtime is the right time for sunfish
Spring is a consistent time to find bluegills and other sunfish. No need for a fishing forecast when they gather in the shallows to spawn. The pre-spawn catch can be as good as those taken
Three hot hatches in Pennsylvania: These are the bugs to watch for in early May for trout anglers
Arriving at the stream, I take a moment to observe what’s going on. First I look for obvious rises, either those soft concentric circles that appear when a fish has daintily taken a bug on
Deer lottery application deadline comes and goes in Illinois with no problems reported
The bug that bit the spring turkey application process back in November appears to not have an appetite for DNR’s online deer permitting system. Fingers crossed.
A first lottery application deadline for 2023 firearms
