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New York Cuffs & Collars: Rattlesnake makes its way into common area of hotel
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the July 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Raquette River, Follensby Pond easements announced, opening up outdoor recreation opportunities in New York
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy in New York recently announced the state’s acquisition of two conservation easements in the Adirondacks.
The two partners are to finalize plans

Report: U.S. hunting license sales for 2022-23 reflect slight decline
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports in collaboration with Southwick Associates recently released its annual report on hunting license sales, revealing a relatively steady trend for the 2022-2023 license year.
According

Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Warden works with Montana to seize illegally shot elk
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the July 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Here’s how to build a steady dog for the duck blind
Chances are pretty good, if you’ve done a lot of upland bird or waterfowl hunting, you’ve seen a great hunting dog in action.
Chances also are pretty good you’ve seen an out-of-control canine that

Dean Bortz: An Avett brother in Missoula antique store?
Considering that I drew Montana deer and elk tags for this fall, I’d like to have been able to call our recent soiree to Montana, Oregon, and Idaho a scouting trip, but if I had

Illinois squirrel hunters remain positive with season opener near
Days leading up to the much-anticipated Aug. 1 opening of the Illinois squirrel season often get dampened by depressing numbers depicting declines in participation and harvest.
So let’s start with this: Hunters harvested 265,000

Jigging up deep-water lake trout a more dependable go-to tactic these days
Catching lake trout scattered across Lake Superior’s 31,700 square miles can seem like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, thanks to technological advances and a remarkable recovery of the lake trout fishery, the

Here’s how to beat the mid-summer bass lull
During late May and through pretty much all of June, bass-fishing action can be expected from dark to dark. As the middle of the summer settles in, that all seems to change.
While there