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Iowa DNR encourages hunters to discuss hunting plan, safety after 2023 incidents
The opening weekend of Iowa’s second gun deer season saw another 50,000-plus hunters enjoying time in the timber in pursuit of whitetails. Unfortunately, there were three hunting incidents that serve as a reminder for hunters
Silent treatment during Pennsylvania’s second week of gun season
This past Saturday afternoon, the final day of the Pennsylvania season for hunting deer with rifles, found me in a climbing-stand on a hillside watching a flat bottom for the appearance of deer.
Chasing early-season bluegills in clear water of West Lake Okoboji a challenge worth pursuing
For years, ice fishermen from across the Midwest have traveled to northwest Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji to sight fish the finicky bluegills for which West Okoboji is so famous. Late ice toward the end of
Newly-published study examines deer behavior in the presence of wolves
A study recently published by a University of Minnesota research team shines new light on deer behavior, by comparing populations considered “savvy” and “naive” to wolf predation.
Dr. Ellen Candler, postdoctoral associate and lead
Nation’s top waterfowl pros coming to Minnesota in February
Waterfowl professionals from the Mississippi Flyway Council will meet in February at Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake in Brainerd – the first such annual multi-day winter informational gathering to be held in Minnesota.
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Rediscovering New York’s Southern Zone an enjoyable way to extend the deer season
There was a time when I believed that all the deer in New York were in the Southern Zone. And any time I had the opportunity to hunt there, I would pounce on it. Over
Interested in buying hunting land? Here’s how to locate your dream of a game-rich paradise
Among the many benefits of being a hunter in the United States is the ability to find public land relatively close to home on which to target deer, ducks, grouse, pheasants, and other game and
Early ice fishing tips – video
Brad Hawthorne ventures onto early Minnesota ice and shares a few tips for finding and catching walleyes on first ice.
Outdoor Insights: Pheasants Forever grows its lobbying horsepower in attempt to reverse trend of dwindling upland-bird habitat
St. Paul-based Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever continues to grow its lobbying horsepower in Washington D.C.
With its recent hiring of Ariel Wiegard as the its vice president of government affairs, the nonprofit now
