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Can’t get enough bowhunting? Some Western options remain
Summertime can be tough for serious Midwestern bowhunters who would rather be hunting critters than punching paper or foam. It’s also the time when we cross our fingers, hoping for tag draws from other states.

Video: Scouting for whitetails after storm alters years of intel
This summer has featured some destructive storms in parts of the Upper Midwest.
Eric Morken has bowhunted a river-bottom system for whitetails for seven years and spends a weekend scouting out there in

Good season expected for New York bear hunters with opener looming
Some big game seasons begin quite early in New York. Among them is the early black bear hunting season that runs from Sept. 6-21 in a limited number of southeastern New York Wildlife Management Units.

Minnesota DNR sues Kittson County sheriff for issuance of elk permit
The Minnesota DNR filed a lawsuit on Thursday, August 7 against both the Kittson County Sheriff’s Department and Kittson County Sheriff Matt Vig for illegally issuing an elk tag to a farmer who shot an

Notes off a soiled cuff: Controversy over deer hunting’s opening day still looms in Pennsylvania
With the lifting of the ban on Sunday hunting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission arranging 13 consecutive Sundays for hunting this fall and the adoption of weekend hunting, I bet most readers expected a respite from

Bob Watson’s attention to detail, perseverance aids success of Pheasants Forever in Michigan
Thanks to their army of boots-on-the-ground volunteers, habitat improvement organizations like Pheasants Forever have made strides in increasing Michigan’s pheasant populations.
Behind every warm season grass mix that’s planted there is someone working quietly

Outdoor Insights: Update on muskie study from Minnesota’s Leech Lake, and a salute to Brown County PF
At the MN-Fish board meeting last Thursday, Aug. 7, Bemidji State grad student Baylor Short presented an update on the Leech Lake muskie study, which kicked off in May.
The research began in response

Ohio State football coach, Brian Hartline, keynotes outdoorsmen’s fair event
Sportsmen and women from across Ohio once again traveled to the Ohio State Fair to attend a “Sportsmen’s Summer Celebration” at the ODNR Natural Resources Park in late July.
The ODNR Division of

Fly fishing the ant drop: Be ready for the best river smallmouth action
When I picked up the flailing smallmouth and looked down its throat to remove my fly, the bass appeared to have swallowed a can of black pepper.
Its boney lips, mouth and gullet were