Hook and Bullet
Revisiting a century of South Dakota pheasant hunting
South Dakota’s first pheasant-hunting season opened Oct. 30, 1919, with about 1,000 hunters harvesting about 200 birds in Spink County in one day.
Now, fast-forward to 2024, when 1.4 million birds were harvested by
Youth hunters kick things off as hunting, trapping seasons highlight fall’s progression in New York
Hunters across New York continue to have a multitude of opportunities for both big and small game, and as October morphs into November that will only accelerate. Trapping seasons, too, are just getting under way
New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 23, 2025
Transition time for hunters and anglers. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on Oct. 23, 2025.
Trappers are still needed in Pennsylvania and beyond
I don’t know about your portion of the state but where I live in the south-central region of Pennsylvania it is not uncommon to see a half dozen or more freshly killed furbearers on the
Target staging areas in late October for better bowhunting; here’s what they look like
There were fresh deer droppings and tracks all over a corner of the beanfield that had just been combined during the previous week.
The problem? The corner was 15 yards from a well-traveled road
270 Winchester cartridge – a century of success
O’Connor once wrote about a hunt he shared with another outdoor writer, who did not feel the 270 was a capable elk cartridge. That is until Jack dropped a bull elk that was more than
The Nature Conservancy acquires 12,000-plus acres in Minnesota’s Lake County
In mid-October, The Nature Conservancy announced it had acquired 12,271 acres of forested land on the outskirts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to preserve for public access.
“These large opportunities to take
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Driver, dog rescued from submerged car in Poplar Lake
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
North Dakota Game and Fish offering license refunds due to EHD-related mortality in western part of state
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is allowing hunters with whitetail or any-deer gun licenses in five units in western North Dakota the option of turning those licenses in for refunds.
Hunters with
