Hook and Bullet
Camera study sheds light on how bucks shift from summer to fall
A month or so out from a new deer season, we’re learning something new – or maybe not so new – about scouting bucks on late-summer trail cameras.
What you see now is not
National waterfowl population survey shows 7% decline in breeding ducks from 2022
On Aug. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS, Canadian Wildlife Service and other
Bear season may see slower start for New York hunters
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation remains confident that the state’s bear hunters will have a successful fall hunting season, but the action may come later rather than sooner.
DEC biologist
Man gets 5 years for role in huge Wisconsin poaching case from Waupaca County
A Fox Valley man will spend five years in prison for his role in a Waupaca County deer poaching case that authorities said is one of Wisconsin’s largest in recent memory.
Meanwhile, the other
Focus on flatheads: Big fish are waiting in Pennsylvania’s warm-water rivers
It was too darn hot to fish during the day.
So we waited and waited. Sitting under the shade of an aging sycamore, with the boat already launched and pulled back up to shore,
Shovel Lake resident, Mike Chalich, elected as president of Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society
For every live-long day for almost four decades, Mike Chalich was a railroad man, traveling about in Minnesota and North Dakota, observing the changes in the landscape as he went.
Work with the Soo
After a down stretch, Michigan’s Lake St. Clair giving up limits of walleyes again
Back in the 1960s, Lake St. Clair was the place to go to fish for walleyes in southeast Michigan. Lake Erie? It was unaffectionately known as the Dead Sea, a polluted sump that caught fire
Wisconsin wolf season rules paralleling new plan
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board’s (NRB) Aug. 9 meeting was loaded with informational items ranging from DNR budgets to wolves.
Scott Karel, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife regulation policy specialist, gave a brief
Clinton County volunteer is the Michigan DNR hunter education instructor of 2022
Doug Hastings, of Bath, is the Michigan DNR 2022 Hunter Education Instructor of the Year. Last year, Hastings instructed 700 students.
Hunter education teaches the next generation of hunters how to enjoy safe, responsible
