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Understanding these four shotgun myths can make you a better shooter
You rarely, if ever, see shotgun pellets in the air. You only know if you hit the target or missed. Shooting patterns at paper helps you understand what’s going on, but it’s still a 2-D

New York 16-year-old making a name for himself in the lure-making business
Entrepreneurial spirit isn’t defined by age. At 16 years old, AJ Cardinale has a business acumen that many adults would envy. With his hand-painted Reel Cool Lures making sales in 25 states, the young angler

Here’s how to lay eyes on your target deer in midsummer so you can build a fall hunting plan
It wasn’t that long ago that the word “hit-lister” didn’t exist in the whitetail-hunting lexicon.
With the growing-deer movement, that has all changed. It’s no longer just the power couples on hunting shows who

Pennsylvania Game Commission seeks feedback from antlerless deer license buyers
The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced in mid-June that it is asking hunters to provide feedback on their antlerless deer license buying experience this summer.
After the agency received a black eye in a highly

CWD areas expand in Pennsylvania due to new detections
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced the expansion of several chronic wasting disease management areas due to new detections of the disease.
Disease Management Area 2 will expand following the detection of CWD in

DNR to host eight deer population meetings in western Iowa this July to discuss declining herd numbers
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting eight meetings in Western Iowa to discuss the status of the region’s deer herd as population levels have fallen in recent years. The meetings are open

Bear population continues to expand across Minnesota
When a black bear is spotted outside of its primary range in the northern third of the Minnesota – as has been the case recently in St. Cloud and locations south of the Twin Cities

Brush-busting deer guns: Still useful, increasingly popular
Grandpa and great grandpa loved their brush busting, lever-action .30-30s, .35 Remingtons, and .32 Winchester Specials, but should you?
Yes. But not for the brush busting.
Because the bullets aren’t all that good

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness clarifies dog leash rules
The U.S. Forest Service added new language to Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permitting last spring, indicating that dogs must be on a leash of 6 feet or less while in developed recreation sites.