Hook and Bullet
Jeremiah Haas: Lessons from a failed turkey hunt
We all enjoy telling stories about our great successes in the woods or on the water.
Those stories live on for your entire lifetime, and some folks have been known to maybe embellish them
Colleen Foehrenbacher: DIY archery elk hunting demands your best, year-round
I hit my breaking point somewhere around 10,800 feet. I was five days into my first archery elk hunt, running on too little food, too little sleep, and far too much stubbornness, so I snapped.<br
Pennsylvania Game Commission says spring gobbler season outlook very good
History provides context on just how good Pennsylvania spring turkey hunters have had it lately.
During the state’s first spring turkey season in 1968, the total take was 1,636. Compare that to last year,
Michigan’s statewide fishing report on May 1, 2026
Walleyes, lake trout start showing spring action. Here’s the Michigan fishing and hunting report from across the state on May 1, 2026.
Battle over hunting, fishing license fees heating up in Michigan
A Michigan lawmaker who said he disagrees with DNR Director Scott Bowen on many things – including the belief the state’s hunters and anglers are eager to pay more for their licenses – is backing
Minnesota DNR Enforcement Division adds two K-9s, one short of goal
The Minnesota DNR Enforcement Division is nearing its goal of deploying 10 K-9 teams, with two new dogs expected to join the field this summer.
Hank and Molly, two Labrador retrievers, arrived in February
Minnesota’s New London-Spicer community rallies around family in effort to build new shooting complex
A community fundraiser, expected to draw more than 1,000 people, will help build a new shooting complex in the New London-Spicer area, a project created to honor two brothers who died in a 2024 UTV
Ohio DNR alters ruffed grouse hunting in the state
Ruffed grouse hunting is effectively banned in Ohio – at least for the time being – following action by the state’s wildlife council on April 29.
A rule to end grouse hunting in Ohio
Tom Bahti: Memories of hunting with a Moses stick
When you hunted Coues deer in southern Arizona with my late cousin, Kurt Bahti, you were gifted and used a “Moses stick.” Kurt fashioned them from the stem of a large cactus, and they were
