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A greater appreciation for gar — Illinois’ misunderstood ‘dinosaur fish’
On quiet summer mornings along southern Illinois backwaters, a slow roll near the surface of the water often appears before the fish does. A long shadow gliding between lotus stems. Then a quick gulp of

Here’s how to maximize your success utilizing mock scrapes for whitetails
It’s no secret that trail cameras have changed the way we hunt whitetails. Combine them with mock scrapes so a hunter can “take inventory” of a property, and you have a deadly one-two combination.

Jeremiah Haas: Reflecting on 250 years of the outdoors in the U.S.
America was founded on a set of principles in that our rights come from God, not from the government, and that we were free people that could determine our own paths. These principles were unique

Bear, elk hunting licenses chosen in Michigan
Thousands of Michigan hunters have spent recent weeks learning if they will have the opportunity to pursue two of the state’s most sought-after big game species this fall.
Or if they will have to

Deadly screwworm is spooking Pennsylvania’s animal officials
Although it may not have moved yet beyond the American southwest, Pennsylvania officials are taking measures to protect against a new and potentially devastating threat to livestock and wildlife – the flesh-eating new world screwworm

Gretchen Steele: The best of both sides of the river at Missouri’s Montauk State Park
The first thing I noticed at Montauk State Park was the water. Cold, impossibly clear, and flowing straight from the spring that gives birth to the famed Current River, it is the kind of water

Lawmakers spar over Pennsylvania Game Commission employee controversies
During a hearing in which a bill was introduced to bring accountability to how both Pennsylvania wildlife agencies choose executive directors, an attempt by one legislator to shed light on what he alleges is “employee

Colleen Foehrenbacher: A complicated relationship with bowfishing
I have a complicated relationship with bowfishing.
There’s a lot about it that I love: the excitement, the fast pace, the chance to see the underwater world illuminated at night and the challenge of

Wanted: The Teton Range’s few remaining mountain goats
Every now and then, a hiker, climber or biologist lays eyes on a mountain goat in the nooks and crannies of the mighty Teton Range.
There’s a good likelihood that the unwanted, nonnative animal