Hook and Bullet
New gun laws began on Aug. 1
St. Paul — The Minnesota Legislature passed major public safety legislation during the 2023 session that went into effect Aug. 1.
Michigan DNR expands rooster release program for the ’23 upland bird hunting season
Lansing — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ highly anticipated pheasant release program is expanding for the upcoming pheasant hunting season.
Online license sales fee covers cost of mailing Pennsylvania’s hunting digest
The new electronic licensing system implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commission this summer generated a lot of talk among hunters, and it also raised a few questions.
Earlier this year, the commission board
Iowa research has ramifications for turkeys in surrounding states
It’s a sight that’ll bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened turkey hunter or researcher: a turkey nest decimated by predators that feast on egg clutches. To biologists and hunters, it
New York’s Fulton County wildlife sports museum doubles in size
When the Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum opened in Vail Mills, near Amsterdam, in Fulton County back in 2006, it seemed like a sizable operation. Bob Kazmierski, a life-long taxidermist, had years earlier secured a
Spoon-fed walleyes keep Erie anglers on their toes
“I would say that 80 to 90 percent of my walleye fishing is on spoons,” Hegedus told me recently while we were catching them in about 25 feet of water.
Doe with tennis ball stuck in mouth hit, killed by vehicle
“They wanted to use a dart gun to put the deer down temporarily, so the tennis ball could be removed,” Andary explained, “but they were not able to do that because they were not able
New York coyote hunt ban based on emotion, not fact
A proposed law in New York would ban coyote hunts, and the animal rights groups supporting the legislation believe the events are harmful to the resource. The truth is, organized coyote hunts have very little
August is prime time for king salmon in Lake Michigan
It cracks me up when I see a Midwest regional magazine with no story about fishing for salmon in their August issue.
How can you not think of salmon in August? Most refer
