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New York DEC’s K9 Unit back to full strength as three K9s, handlers complete training course
In October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement continued its commitment to the K9 program, as three new K9s and their new ECO handlers completed an intensive 12-week training

Sometimes, a break from the deer-hunting grind is necessary
Things do not always work out like you plan. A lot of times, you envision a particular outcome to an event and it ends up turning out quite differently, sometimes for the better, and sometimes

Sick of hunting crowds? Here’s how to have some waterfowl to yourself
There is a near-constant refrain in the hunting world these days, and it goes something like this: “There are too many people out here.”
You’ll hear that out West if you travel in pursuit

Wisconsin 8-year-old tags 524-pound bear
A young hunter from Luck continued a family tradition by punching his black bear tag with a 500-plus-pound bruin.
Rhett Swenson, 8, a third-generation bear hunter, said his “Papa”– grandfather Jeff Holdt of Luck

Here’s how to make small deer drives in big timber
Our hunting crew, the Iron Sight Gang, had some serious plans for the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
What is typically a productive time in the woods for us would feature eight or 10 hunters putting

Pennsylvania reader stories: A father’s hunting rifle returns to his favorite spot
Forty years tend to cloud one’s memory but it had to be 1984.
That was the year I was raising three boys, my wife was pregnant with our daughter. I was working second shift

Browning Auto-5 helped shape the future of the firearm industry
Growing up in northwest Ohio, I looked at what the adult hunters carried, often it said something about how serious they were. If you had the means, or if you simply lived to hunt, somehow

Bob Gwizdz: Michigan’s proposed spring turkey regulation changes make sense
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recommended some of the most significant changes to spring turkey season since almost ever.
The Natural Resources Commission is expected to act on the recommendation at its

Fine tune your straight-walled cartridges for better accuracy this deer season
My confidence in handloading straight-walled cartridges does not shield me from the occasions when I expect results sooner. If load development is slow in coming together, my mind reaches for reasons why.
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