Hook and Bullet
Grants available to landowners to help establish large forests
ELF expands on New York State’s popular Regenerate NY Forestry Cost Share Grant Program and is designed to support the creation of new forests crucial for mitigating climate change, providing wildlife habitat, protecting air and
Better in November and December: Wary Forest Bird
Locating grouse during December can be difficult since the birds are usually concentrated in small areas. Once found they are often wary and flush wild, making it difficult for a pointing dog, let alone for
For our Underappreciated Grasslands, we can do better
I stood on a rise overlooking a sweeping cattle ranch in west-central South Dakota. The Missouri River pulsed and churned not far away. A flock of regal pintails wheeled in the distant sapphire sky. A
Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars
CO Tony Hams (Warroad) spent the week checking area small-game and deer hunters. Violations encountered were wildlife management area trespass, constructing a permanent stand on a WMA, hunting with the aid of bait, failure to
Minnesota firearms whitetail harvest up 4% after first weekend
“That’s probably what I expected. We were kind of expecting like a 5, 6% increase in harvest this year, so that’s pretty much right around there. We had pretty good weather,” said Todd Froberg,.
How to pull together a good firearms deer hunt before the final buzzer sounds
Any hunter with a few seasons under his or her belt knows that the odds of filling that buck tag drop like a rock as the closing bell nears. The pressure puts deer underground, where
Adirondack Deer Camps No two are alike
Hunting camps come in many shapes and sizes, including Camp Sugarbush on Maple Lake in the Northern Adirondacks (l), book author Bob Elinskas’ backwoods tent camp (ctr) and Tom Van Pelt’s outfit in Big Moose,
Outdoor truisms … such as they are, Part II
The last time we got together here, I wrote about “truisms” that relate to our outdoor pursuits. Not those day-to-day truisms, like, “If you get lost, come straight back to camp,” or, “When you’re on
Winter’s best-kept secret: Downsizing lures for lethargic walleyes
There is an expression in the ice-fishing world that states if you want to catch a big fish, you need to use big lures.
However, this is not always true. In the heart of
