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Gear & Gadgets: Top hunting and fishing gear
Details on some of the top hunting and fishing gear available.

Minnesota’s total deer harvest in 2022 takes a 7% dip
Hunters in Minnesota harvested about 170,000 deer during the 2022 deer-hunting seasons, a lower total harvest than in recent years.

Michigan’s mandatory harvest reports point to ‘memorable’ deer season
A look at what some of the numbers show from the first year that Michigan hunters had to report their deer harvest within 72 hours.

Tips for using electronics – video
It’s important to get your lure in the proper depth of the water column.

Michigan hunters take the most bucks per square mile of any state
Michigan led the country averaging 4.0 bucks harvested per square mile, followed by Delaware at 3.5, South Carolina and Pennsylvania at 3.2, and Louisiana at 3.0. The national average is 1.6 bucks per square mile.

Trip to Mullet Lake salvages what has been a tough hard-water season in Michigan
Mullet Lake saved my season. With no safe ice anywhere around where I live, I suspect that river fishing – steelhead and walleye – are on the docket for the next little bit.

Survey shows that hunters, shooters are affected by rising ammunition costs
Ammunition prices have increased anywhere from 200% to 850% (depending on caliber) since 2000. Although the reasons behind these increases are complex, there has been little attention paid to the potential effect they might have

Research projects focused on CWD in Pennsylvania aim to confront challenges of the disease
Chronic wasting disease – an always-fatal and untreatable neurological disease affecting white-tailed deer and elk – continues to expand across Pennsylvania.
But it’s not going unchallenged. Several research initiatives launching this year aim to

Ohio Insider: So was it a good deer season or not?
The number one question that gets asked after deer season wraps up is: Was it a good season or not?
Of course, the answer depends on whom you ask. For some, it probably was