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Hunter in Alaska recovering after being mauled by bear and shot amid effort to fend it off
A hunter in Alaska was hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off, authorities said Monday.
The bear attack occurred Saturday on the Kenai Peninsula,
Still in search of trout in late summer? Here are some tactics
If you spend time out West talking to trout fishermen, you’ll notice a few things. The first is that they are all fly fishers, and if they aren’t, they’ll never admit it.
The second
Report your turkey sightings to Pennsylvania Game Commission
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s two-month survey on wild turkey sightings wraps up on Saturday, Aug. 31. Participants are encouraged to report their sightings from July and August through Wednesday, Sept. 6.
Minnesota researchers learn about wood duck preferences, patterns
As the ping on the VHF radio grows louder from almost an inaudible chirp, Minnesota DNR Bemidji-area wildlife researchers, while driving down the road, know they’re on the right track to finding one of their
What’s on the menu for bears? It varies across Minnesota
Bear hunters know that hunting success is usually linked to natural food availability.
In years of a bumper acorn crop, bears that had reliably hit baits prior to hunting season often disappear once acorns
Sportsmen’s clubs remain the ‘backbone of local conservation’ throughout Minnesota
A handful of years back, Tim Olson brought his daughters to Youth Outdoor Activity Day in Alexandria, Minn., thinking it would be a fun way to pass a little time at the end of summer.<br
Number of Pennsylvania game lands with Deer Management Assistance Program tags nearly doubles
Last year the Pennsylvania Game Commission allocated Deer Management Assistance Program tags on game lands for the first time.
This year, the number of game lands with DMAP tags nearly doubled. For the 2024-25
Don’t forget about puddle hopping for early-season geese
Wisconsin’s early goose season, which runs Sept. 1-15, is ideally suited to puddle-hopping. All you need to do is find private or public ponds, sloughs, marshes, and small rivers that geese are using.
Locate
Steve Carney: Find the sweet spot for summer weedbed walleyes
It’s amazing how on the same body of water, you can catch super-deep walleyes and also walleyes swimming in shallow weedbeds. I’m convinced that there are separate populations of deep and shallow walleyes on most
