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Pittsburgh officials expand deer hunting program in parks
City officials plan to expand controlled bowhunting to three additional parks this fall in an effort to manage Pittsburgh’s spiraling population of white-tailed deer.
They also are considering augmenting the hunting program with professional
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Forest Service sends Allegheny National Forest payments to counties
The four counties within the Allegheny National Forest will receive a total of $3,135.476 from the gross receipts generated on Forest Service lands during the 2023 fiscal year.
Fly fishing need not be intimidating; here’s where to start
A couple of weeks ago, I exchanged emails with a fellow fly angler. He lamented about how his work life had conspired against him: He hadn’t been getting enough time on the water in recent
Michigan Natural Resources Commission considering electronic turkey tags
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is considering a proposal to allow electronic harvest tags for turkeys, following a trend toward digital licenses in other states.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Biologist Adam Bump presented
John Delisle, Sr.: This year, plan to take a girl hunting
Last hunting season, as I walked up the road to our designated meeting place for our annual family Thanksgiving Day hunt, I was pleasantly surprised to find two of my younger grandchildren, standing among our
Five annual food plots to plant now so you can reap the benefits this fall
While the calendar is barely past spring, it is not too soon to plan your food plot strategy for fall. In the planning stages myself, I reached out to a handful of experts I trust
Laser rangefinders — the trusty tool helping hunters make better shots for 25 years
Hey all you hunting and shooting grandpas (even you grandpas-to-be) take it from this grandpa – laser rangefinders aren’t new fangled, high-tech, or unethical. The first successful consumer model came out in 1999.
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Ryan Rothstein: The fascinating way weather patterns, precipitation impact deer herds
The weather roller coaster continues, and it’s almost mind-bending to take a look back through data and actually see how drastic the swings have been.
Last year, following a record-breaking snowpack and insane winter
Are whitetail hunting changes coming to Michigan?
The Michigan DNR’s Deer Management Initiative – which involved two series of virtual meetings (a series in each peninsula) – has concluded and resulted in an order generated by the recommendations that the Natural Resources
