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Michigan bear harvest slips slightly during 2023 season
Hunters registered a total of 1,905 black bears in Michigan during 2023 seasons, according to preliminary figures from the DNR. That total is down 68 animals from last year, but almost identical to the 1,907
Outdoors headlines: Here’s a look back on top stories from a big 2023 in Ohio
The year of 2023 was chock full of fine news stories that made the pages of Ohio Outdoor News.
From two Lake Erie tournament fishermen headed to jail to a 16-year-old record smallmouth bass,
Late season pheasant hunting offers great rewards for those willing to work for it
My late grandfather’s farewell performance as a pheasant hunter – a seven-decade recurring role – took center stage on a particularly brutal December day in eastern South Dakota in the mid-1990s.
I thought about
Opportunity to mentor young hunter ends with a giant mountain buck in New York’s Adirondacks
The ice crackled like the noise of a small pebble being thrown through a glass window, and my breath floated into the frigid air as I looked over my scope. The deer would be in
Pennsylvania’s bear harvest declines in 2023
For the first time since 2007 Pennsylvania’s bear harvest is on track to be below 3,000.
But according to a Pennsylvania Game Commission biologist, that doesn’t necessarily mean the state’s bear population has
For chasing ruffed grouse, there’s no better time than late December
Ruffed grouse hunters often focus most of their efforts on September and October hunts, but some of the most productive hunting occurs the last few weeks of December.
Jeremiah Haas: Success in the deer woods is about showing up
Most of us do not get to spend all day and night engaged in the outdoors. Time availability in the field changes during your life as you gain responsibilities and obligations. When I was in
Michigan 15-year-old shoots new state-record buck in youth nontypical division
Fifteen-year-old Dylan Meyer from Zeeland, Mich., shot a 20-point nontypical buck in Ottawa County on Sept. 10, the second day of the 2023 youth deer hunt, that is now the state record in the youth
Preliminary estimates show 11.8% decline in Michigan’s 2023 deer harvest, led by steep decline in U.P.
Preliminary data from the Michigan DNR shows the 2023 state white-tailed deer harvest is down significantly, though the reasons why may not become clear until next year.
With roughly 85% to 90% of
