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Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative shares deer check station results
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative recently announced winners of its hunting season contests. The heaviest buck weighed 170 pounds dressed; the heaviest doe weighed 130 pounds dressed.

Gear & Gadgets: Rapala ice-fishing line and much more
When it comes to ice fishing, all of the action comes down to the last 2 feet. It’s here, where you’re trying to navigate your catch through a 10-inch diameter hole, that your fishing line

Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Hunter caught possessing a firearm after a felony conviction
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 5, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Want the best experience from a mountain hunt? Here are important factors to consider
When prospective clients called a now-retired Colorado outfitter to discuss horseback elk hunts into the San Juan Mountains, they often asked if he could guarantee at least one shooting opportunity.
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What are the top characteristics of consistent deer hunters? Be adaptable for pressured deer
One of the best characteristics a deer hunter can possess is to be unpredictable. Hunting pressure will cause deer, especially mature bucks, to pattern you just as you pattern them.
That was the key

Jeremiah Haas: Fix your 2023 outdoor failures for 2024 successes
As we finish up the year and reflect on the successes and failures of the past 12 months, now is the best time to make those 2024 goals and start the process of eliminating what

Kent Weil: Trapping the elusive mink requires scouting and strategy
The fact that I caught my first mink at the age of 12 in a set I specifically made for mink made me very proud.
It still does, because there is a lot of

Here are ways to honor the legacy of hunting, fishing companions
The end of the year and that longest night of Winter Solstice always tend to make me a little maudlin and introspective. It’s often a time when I miss my now-gone outdoor companions the most.

Commentary: Bad New York laws hurt good people
It’s in lockstep with her predecessor’s approach – ignore the illegal guns flooding our cities and the criminals who wield them with impunity; harass law-abiding citizens who enjoy the outdoors and want to protect their