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Shooting foam: Here’s how to make sure you’re ready for bow opener
As I espied the elk, I figured he was pushing 35 yards away.
Upon releasing my arrow, however, I quickly realized that he was much further away. The carbon shaft struck noticeably low, barely

Deer regulation changes don’t address need for higher antlerless harvest
Looked at the calendar lately? Deer season, or at least the earliest vestige of it, the Liberty Hunt, for youths and folks with disabilities, is only about three weeks away.

Here are the ‘must-haves’ for public land deer hunters
If you’ve never hunted deer on public land, there are plenty of small items you’d never think to bring if you’re used to hunting on the back 40, when all of your gear is a

An Alaskan moose-hunting saga, Part 2: Finding Gene Lake
Taking the west route to Gene Lake, I’d have to pass through Campers Lake and Swanson Lake. According to what I’d read, this area had good moose habitat.

New background check system forthcoming in New York
Nearly a year after several provisions of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act took effect, one long-anticipated component of the legislation is about to be realized.
The New York State Police recently

Drones being used to recover wounded deer: Is that a good thing?
When legislation was passed in 2018 to allow the use of blood-tracking dogs to recover big game, the move made sense.
Despite the fact that it took 10 years for the legislation to finally

Is a field test for CWD coming soon?
Some are “definitive” tests. Others are not; these merely “fail to detect” the presence of disease. At least one assay has the potential to detect prions in environmental samples.

Sporting clay shooters take aim during Wisconsin’s state meet
Evan Guttormson and Ben Klein didn’t know each other heading into the state sporting clays shoot, but they had at least one thing in common – they joined more than 350 other shotgunners at the

Chain sinkers for walleyes – video
“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests using a bait-casting reel with 10-pound fluorocarbon line and using live bait rigs with nightcrawlers or leeches.