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Going back to your turkey-hunting roots: longbeards in the big woods
Every turkey hunter dreams of a textbook spring gobbler hunt. And when they do occasionally happen (for some it’s more occasional than others) we’re on top of the world. When you pull one off on

Focus on the hens and the food to find spring gobblers
And toe tracks along muddy trails or other soft areas can be good indicators of turkeys, as well as fresh droppings, and they’re just as good as a gobble for betraying silent toms.

Trying to kick a bad case of cabin fever
I’ve had cabin fever after a long winter before, but nothing has compared to this year, and it has nothing to do with how long the winter has been here in the north country. Make

Don’t overlook a little girl talk during turkey hunt
Thanks to some adaptive calling, Michigan’s turkey hunting season off to a good start.

Pennsylvania eliminates one of its four Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas
Somerset WPRA will be reopened to either-sex pheasant hunting and will be eligible for game-farm pheasant releases.

Semiautomatic shotguns approved for hunters across Pennsylvania, and for elk hunt, too
Permitted for years for deer and bear in special regulations areas, semiautomatic slug guns get statewide approval.

Wyoming’s plan to increase grizzly hunt quotas disputed
HELENA, Mont. — Conservation groups alleged earlier this week that Wyoming used part of Montana’s grizzly bear hunting quota to increase its own allocation for a proposed hunt this year, even though Montana wildlife regulators

Deer ice-surfs its way to safety, and into Mainers’ hearts
ALLAGASH, Maine — A video of a deer surfing an ice flow down river before nimbly jumping to safety is causing a sensation. The young deer was shared widely on social media on Monday as

Turkey hunters see increase – by nearly 200 birds – in opening-day numbers
Ohio hunters in the south zone checked 3,315 wild turkeys on the first day of the spring wild turkey hunting season April 23, up from 3,127 on the opening day in 2017, the DNR said