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New York DEC opening public lands lottery for Long Island May gobbler hunt
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reminds Long Island turkey hunters of the 2024 spring turkey season in Suffolk County May 1-31.
This season marks the second year of the hunt on

Dan Ladd: Out-of-state firearm and hunting issues should be eyed by New Yorkers
Perhaps the biggest question in New York as of late pertaining to court and lawsuit activity does not stem from the ongoing NRA civil trial in New York City, but rather the ruling at the

Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Multiple hunters from same group fail to register deer
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Ron Steffe: Stocked pheasants fattening foxes in Pennsylvania
A couple of weeks ago, a few friends I often hunt alongside headed to a mid-state camp in Pennsylvania where two of them are members, to do some late season rabbit hunting.
The

Anger over shed antlers as thieves poach farms, private property
From January through April, shed hunters strap on binoculars and haunt the backroads in ATVs, or they trek through farmland or woods checking trails and bedding areas.
Inevitably, trespassers search for sheds – fresh,

Previewing the nation’s top bass fishing tournaments in 2024
The Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour kicked off in late January at Toledo Bend Reservoir, an 185,000-acre impoundment of the Sabine River that straddles Louisiana and Texas.

Scout trout streams to make sure you are ready for Pennsylvania’s opening day
Several years ago, a buddy and I drove to a small trout stream, where a relatively secluded honey hole always attracted a good number of stocked trout.
We were not sure who put forth

Albino whitetail killed by car last month in Wisconsin’s Washington County
Chuck Dreher, of West Bend, Wis., accomplished the equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack Jan. 25 when he located a white, car-killed doe in a snowbank along Hwy. 28 near the hamlet of

Massive broods of cicadas this year could benefit Illinois turkeys
Two factors have wildlife biologists feeling optimistic heading into the spring turkey hunting season, but only one – results of DNR’s 2023 brood survey – was expected.
The unexpected factor involves the pending emergence