Hook and Bullet
Ryan Rothstein: Bowhunting, and the art of sitting still
In fairness, the headline of this column is a bit of a misnomer.
After all, in theory, sitting still should require you to do nothing at all. But I also mean it in the
Glenn Sapir: My two favorite hunting shows
In May of 2024, my turkey hunting season was winding down. I was on a fishing outing on the Pepacton Reservoir, in Delaware County, N.Y., with my good friend Bob Shubert.
After our first
What can pheasant hunters expect from the 2025 season? Here’s the forecast from the Midwest
For many upland bird hunters, ring-necked pheasants are their gold standard. Most years, there’s significant variations in the Upper Midwest states that hold a population of these charismatic birds, but this year there seems to
How to kill a buck when the temperatures rise
Most bowhunters cross their fingers and pray to the deer gods that opening week will come with a nice cold front. This generally doesn’t work out too well. While the dreamy days of frosty mornings
Deer bag limits could be reduced in three Ohio counties hit hardest by EHD
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife proposed reducing the white-tailed deer bag limit in Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties from three deer to two in response to an unprecedented outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
After some pushback, state-funded gun range in South Dakota nearly finished, expected to open in November
Dust plumes rose frequently along a gravel section of Elk Vale Road on the open prairie of Meade County, South Dakota in early September where workers are vigorously trying to finish a gun range that
EHD continues to spread, hitting parts of southeast Ohio’s deer herd hard
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) continues to rapidly spread across southeast Ohio, making its presence known in 24 counties as of mid-September.
“And we have several more samples at the lab now that will likely
Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 18, 2025
Lake Erie’s Central Basin consistently producing ’eyes. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report on Sept. 18, 2025.
Tom Bahti: A little redemption hunting Coues deer
It was the week after Thanksgiving in 2019. My cousin Kurt Bahti and I had packed into a remote basin in the Santa Rita mountains south of Tucson to hunt Coues deer.
A 2-inch
