Hook and Bullet
Ron Schara: Thinking back on some of the best deer camp stories
It’s almost deer camp time.
Sadly, I won’t be there. Our camp ended a few years ago. Aged hunters; lost hunting land. And so it goes. The camp memories go on, however. Wonderful memories,
Megan Plete: Late summer is the sweet spot of kayaking season
Late summer and early fall offer a little bit of everything: warm afternoons, cooler mornings, fewer biting insects, lighter water traffic, and the first signs of changing leaves along the shoreline.
Pennsylvania’s disbanded deputies are still looking for answers
Several deputy game wardens said a decision by the Pennsylvania Game Commission at the beginning of the year made them question if the program was going to be phased out.
In August, they received
Minnesota’s Michael Wallace searches for untapped fishing gems across the state
A Minnesota native is finding one hidden gem at a time, but don’t ask him where it is. He wants you to put in the work yourself.
Michael Wallace, 30, an angler and producer
New York Reader Stories: In our father’s footprints
Mid-afternoon snowflakes floating softly to the forest floor signaled the first change in the weather, and the beginning of a memorable end to a deer hunt in the southern Adirondacks. It was easy to follow
State’s elk guides discuss changes to the elk season
Pennsylvania’s elk seasons and the application process has undergone many changes for 2026. Elk hunt changes affect hunters, ultimately the herd, and most of all, the elk guides.
It is more expensive for out-of-state
Take your bluegills on the rocks in late summer
My slip bobber floated in the olive-green current, swirling around a large pile of pumpkin-sized rocks in the Mississippi River. Nearby, a large fish of an unknown species rose to the surface, giving my buddy
Do waterfowlers, turkey hunters really need a 3½-inch shell with today’s loads? Examining the tradeoffs
Do hunters really need a 3½-inch shell? Well, you do if you want more. A 3½-inch shell gives you more of everything. More is better when you’re talking about pellets downrange.
Those 3½-inch shells
Restoration creates wildlife habitat, water quality benefits in Minnesota’s Marshall County
In Minnesota’s Marshall County, the solution to farmers’ decades-long drainage and erosion problems along Swift Coulee came with partnerships and funding that transformed the project into a 9-mile-long stream restoration surrounded by 740 acres of
