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Justin Ulberg named Michigan’s Wildlife Officer of the Year
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Justin Ulberg has been named the 2024 Shikar Safari Michigan Wildlife Officer of the Year.
The annual award, presented to Ulberg at a recent meeting of the
Ryan Rothstein: In Oklahoma, more of the same wrong thinking about nonresident hunters
Oklahoma is just the most recent states to price out the less wellto-do of big-game hunters, with more than a doubling of the fee charged of whitetail hunters. Rothstein argues that states that jack up
Targeting muskies and other big fish with classic spinners
Big lures for big fish have been a strong trend in recent years regardless of the species you’re trying to catch, but the pendulum is starting to swing the other way. As muskies, pike, and
Tammy Miller earns Illinois Outdoor News’ Person of the Year honor after pushing for public lands
All the twists and turns and trips and tricks navigated by Tammy Miller over her nearly three decades with the DNR were the result of a particular skill learned by rural small-town farm kids across
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin native Gretchen James helped form world-class archers
Wautoma’s Carole Clark was a four-time All-America archer at Arizona State University (1977-80), but the Sun Devil Hall of Famer might not have realized her Olympics-level talent if she hadn’t goofed off in ninth-grade gym
Rain puts a damper on Ohio turkey hunting as harvest ticks down a bit
It rained hard on the Northeast Ohio Zone turkey hunters’ parade opening weekend and continued to dampen the season’s first several days as well.
And the rain was not being kind to the rest
Oak Duke: Dealing with bully jakes
The gobbler was working his way in. Finally! It had been tough out there that particular spring with not much gobbling. But you never know when turkey hunting. Keep plugging away at it. Luck can
Gretchen Steele: A first cast often means forever hooked
There’s something timeless and softly strong about taking a child fishing for the first time. It doesn’t require a fancy boat, expensive equipment, or even a guarantee of landing anything.
It requires time, patience,
Duck regulations feature some tweaks for Ohio’s 2025 hunting season
Waterfowl hunters in Ohio this fall will be allowed to have more pintails in the daily duck bag than at any time in recent memory.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing for
