Hook and Bullet
Ohio Insider: Would you take part in an antlerless-only hunt during a deer season?
We covered a lot of ground in rounding up the numbers on the recently completed 2023-2024 deer season in the last edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
But, there was one item left over from
Notes off a soiled cuff: A merger of Pennsylvania’s Game, Fish & Boat commissions possible?
Seven or eight years ago – after decades of trying – I decided to stop attempting to convince readers and leaders that the Game and Fish & Boat commissions should be merged, because having separate
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Clearfield County hunter caught using bait, doorbell-camera to monitor site
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the March 15, 2024, edition.
Hunting a whitetails’ security cover: Here are keys to consistent success
Growing up deer hunting during the shotgun season in southern Minnesota, I learned there was a general mindset about hunting deer-bedding areas: Just don’t do it. You’ll chase deer from a property.
Honestly, doing
Single or treble hooks for fishing: Which one are you going with?
Hypothetical situation: You’re stranded, starving, and close to death from lack of food.
You’ve just found some fishing gear and it includes two identical fishing lures, identical except one of them has a single
Get a gobbler going this spring with a barred owl call
The barred owl “shock” call is a good choice when trying to strike up a bird or roost a gobbler for the next morning’s hunt. This locator tactic also works well during other times, especially
Small parcels can yield big results for gobblers
As the morning mist began to clear, a tom hammered from his roost. Perched on a large hackberry tree limb in a finger of woods running up into a cut cornfield, the big bird was
Why do some deer species retain spots in adulthood?
Biologists have spent a century or more pondering why organisms look the way they do. Two common principle ideas include camouflage and mate attraction.
We thought that stripes on zebras were to confuse predators,
Michigan Natural Resources Commission considering waterfowl season framework
The state Natural Resources Commission is considering a proposal from the Michigan DNR Wildlife Division for the 2024-25 waterfowl hunting seasons. The proposal seeks a 60-day duck season and a 107-day goose season and is
