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Ohio sauger fishing is a challenge; here are some tips
I needed time to think it over.
I thought I knew what I was doing. Fishing for saugeye turned out not like I expected. I figured it to be the same as the Lake

Winterizing your boat means more than just focusing on mechanical parts
A spring “shakedown cruise,” is normal practice for many boaters. This is when they go to the lake specifically to check to make sure everything is working as it should be after a winter of

Late-winter deer season in Illinois seen as chance to boost ‘time spent’ in the woods
More than 16% of Illinois deer hunters spend 25 days or more in the woods each season. But half the state’s hunters (49%) spend only between two and 10 days hunting.
One assumption for

Remington closing its firearms manufacturing plant in Ilion, N.Y.
RemArms, or what continues to be known by many as Remington, announced Nov. 30 that the company would close its firearms manufacturing plant in Ilion, in Herkimer County, in early 2024.
According to a

December deer hunting: Unconventional warm weather calls for unconventional tactics
I distinctly remember the weather that day. It was a lackluster December day – slightly overcast, with temps at least five degrees above normal. Sure, there was snow on the ground, but nothing about the

Necropsy finds Wisconsin cougar killed by bowhunter was healthy, well fed
A necropsy on the cougar killed in mid-November by a bowhunter in Wisconsin’s Buffalo County found the cat was healthy, well fed, and carrying good fat reserves, according to the state’s large carnivore specialist.

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet Dec. 13 in Madison
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF2), 101 S. Webster Street, Madison, to consider several proposed rulemaking documents, a proposed

Wisconsin legislators schedule listening sessions with public after deer harvest drop in Northern Forest Zone
Northern Wisconsin deer hunters looking at the buck kill decline from this season when compared to 2022 (down 26.6%) and the five-year average (down 14.3%) expected to see some sort of drop in three to

Well-hidden whitetails: Here are three types of cover that hold late-season deer
The bulk of the bow deer season is in the rearview mirror. General rifle and shotgun seasons are over, as well. This leaves a bit of muzzleloader season and the final weeks of the archery