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Winter ring-necked hunting: wrong way roosters
While walking hard for late-season, public-land pheasants, try a different route.

A deerless but satisfying deer season
After a few days on the stand, writer always feels as if he’s closing in on venison, and that if he could just sit one more day, he’d be able to connect. That hope will

A deer season of highs and lows ends with a buck
I recently shared with you my experiences with the emotions that resulted when an afternoon bow hunt Nov. 3 went very wrong. I shot a 2.5-year-old buck, and despite a great start to a blood

Surviving the season: dressing for the cold
Layering a way of life outdoors in this neck of the woods, and doing so properly could be the difference between an enjoyable hunt and not-so-fun outing.

Living the R3 initiative
Recruiting, retaining, reactivating on full display this deer hunting season.

Despite slower finish, Illinois sees slight uptick in gun deer harvest
A preliminary total of 80,896 deer were taken by hunters during the seven-day Illinois firearms season compared to 80,117 in 2017.
Ohio Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Dec. 7, 2018
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 State wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, received a report of a capsized boat on Deer Creek north of Madison Lake. Officer Teders was able to hike
Pennsylvania Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Dec. 7, 2018
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Clarion and Jefferson counties LMGS Jesse Bish said officers caught three spotlighters out after 11 p.m. while in possession of a firearm in southern Jefferson County. Erie County Game
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Dec. 7, 2018
DISTRICT 1 While checking a trapper near Negaunee in Marquette County, CO Brett DeLonge received a complaint of another trapper who had a wolf caught in a foot hold trap near the Palmer area. DeLonge