Hunting
Tough times for turkeys: Poult numbers may point to poor nesting, brood-rearing season
Should the DEC’s Summer Sighting Survey confirm the writer’s observations, the low poult numbers this year will mean fewer jakes on the landscape next spring, and even more importantly, fewer 2-year-old longbeards in the spring
Sportsmen estate planning: accepting the inevitable
It’s been a tough summer in terms of losing friends and family. We in New York’s outdoor writing (and reading) community continue to mourn the losses of our friends and colleagues Will Elliott and Ron
Illinois reviewing measure to test deer feeding
The study would lift the 15-year-old rule that makes it illegal to feed deer. Some say it could help the animals better fight off illnesses while others argue it could spread disease.
Yes, Pennsylvania archery season is just around the corner
Writer admits he’s not quite ready yet, but has no doubts he’ll be there when it’s go-time.
Thanks to rains, North Dakota duck brood numbers see recent bounce-back, spike
This year’s duck brood index was up 37 percent from last year, and showed 5.11 broods per square mile, an increase of 39 percent.
Teach kids hunting at the appropriate age
Very young kids have no business doing anything more than tagging along, not pulling triggers. They are too immature to understand what they are doing. Much responsibility comes with pulling the trigger.
Iowa looking to increase hunting, fishing license fees
This would be the first increase in the price of an annual resident hunting license since 2002 and of an annual fishing license since 2004.
North Dakota pronghorn population surges after years of dismal numbers
North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is more than doubling the number of pronghorn licenses this year, a dramatic turnaround from earlier this decade when the hunting season was canceled four consecutive years due to
New York offers pheasants for sponsored hunts
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state is offering 2,000 pheasants to groups that sponsor hunts involving young people, women, novices, veterans or people with disabilities. The state Department of Environmental Conservation annually offers some of
