Hunting
Why some New York environmentalists are picking up deer rifles
Masha Zabara marveled at what happened to the forest once deer weren’t around to decimate the understory.
In the fenced 13-acre site in Southern Columbia County, in New York, wildflowers had become reestablished. Tupelo
Committee suggests hike in spring turkey ‘tag’ numbers in Wisconsin
More turkey hunting permits will be available for this coming spring hunting season in Wisconsin based on recent recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Turkey Advisory Committee.
The committee meets each December
All it takes is one rooster for an inspired old dog
When the old rooster flushed from dense brush along the edge of an Iowa public grassland, my brother Dave quickly shouldered his 16 gauge and fired.
From where I stood, it looked like a
State Roundup: George Meyer will be missed by Wisconsin outdoor enthusiasts
George Meyer is going to be sorely missed by all of us who enjoy and appreciate Wisconsin’s natural resources. His list of accomplishments and contributions is long and distinguished and most of us are well
Prints in the power: Take your wildlife tracking skills to another level
Fresh snow in the Pennsylvania woods is more than a pretty picture. It’s a notebook of animal activity waiting to be read. Learning to read those signs is a skill any hunter, trapper or outdoorsman
Gun season harvest dips slightly in Illinois
Everybody wanting to see a bigger deer harvest in Illinois this year has turned to the state’s bowhunters with a request.
Can we count on you? An anticipated boost in the state’s firearms take
Wisconsin’s Buffalo County gives up wide 8-pointer during archery season
Even with a temperature near 80 degrees on the second day of Wisconsin bow season, Mitch Stamm, of Altoona, didn’t hesitate to hunt a big buck he had seen on trail camera photos.
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Ohio’s late muzzleloader season calls for a change in tactics
There is no doubt that by now most of the deer in your hunting area have become quite reclusive after being hunted for a solid week by a barrage of gun hunters.
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2025’s top stories: another busy year for New York sportsmen
There’s no such thing as a quiet year in New York’s sporting world, and 2025 was no exception.
Change is bound to happen and the year featured plenty of it, and on a variety
