Hook and Bullet
Tagging a first buck with adult son is a bucket-list item
A bucket list in itself is kind of mystical, full of unfulfilled dreams, and when one of those desires comes to fruition, you feel some magic has been performed.
Memories made on an ‘unusual’ fishing trip
I got a call from a friend who spends a lot of time on the water year-round, offering to take us out fishing on a Sunday afternoon in January. A quick look at the weather
Expansion of feral hogs in southern Canada a ‘true concern’ for Minnesota
Invasive swine aren’t just a problem erupting from the southern United States. Large feral pigs are proving they are well adapted to cold climates as their expansion across southern Canada has them nearing the Northwest
A look at Iowa license sales by the numbers from 2022
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources released data from hunter and angler license sales from this past year. Here is a look at the numbers from 2022.
Hunters, others have their say on deer population goals for east-central Minnesota
The Minnesota DNR kicked off its final of a four-year cycle of deer population goal setting on Jan. 23 during an online webinar.
The public now has the opportunity to comment on proposed increases
Bullets: Describing performance goals behind all shapes and sizes
Bullets come in all shapes and sizes designed to achieve specific performance goals. To use them most effectively, hunters should understand how bullet shapes and sizes contribute to performance.
Retired Wisconsin wildlife professor ponders CWD effect on deer hunting landscape, traditions
Deer hunting in Wisconsin was simpler in 2000, when we mostly argued about baiters, antlerless quotas, buck-to-doe ratios, and whether “quality deer management” was the future.
Chain pickerel: Icing the leopard of the lakes
If you’ve had the privilege of seeing a pickerel attack via an underwater camera, you may have witnessed a ophidian-shaped fish perform like a corkscrew, turning on a dime, a gaping V-shaped mouth with needle
CWD, deer farms are targeted in Minnesota legislation
A House bill was introduced Feb. 2 that would ramp up testing for chronic wasting disease in farmed cervids, would place a moratorium on new deer farms, and eventually would transfer oversight of those farms
