Hunting
Minnesota’s James Hautman wins 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest for a record seventh time
After two days of competition, James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, Minn., won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his acrylic painting of three buffleheads. The announcement was made at an in-person event
Pennsylvania Game Commission tracking EHD spread across state
The true impact of the current outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, in deer throughout Pennsylvania won’t be known until the first frost arrives this fall, but it’s possible several regions are affected.
All mentored hunters under age 7 may get tags
All mentored hunters – including those under 7 years old – would get big-game harvest tags with their permits if a proposal before the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners is given final approval.
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Ron Schara: It’s fall game survey season, and the numbers will be crunched
It’s game survey season, in case you haven’t noticed – a time for raising expectations. Or lowering them.
Recently, outdoors headlines have been filled with surveys about pheasant counts, duck numbers, grouse counts …
Glenn Sapir: My two favorite hunting shows
In May of 2024, my turkey hunting season was winding down. I was on a fishing outing on the Pepacton Reservoir, in Delaware County, N.Y., with my good friend Bob Shubert.
After our first
What can pheasant hunters expect from the 2025 season? Here’s the forecast from the Midwest
For many upland bird hunters, ring-necked pheasants are their gold standard. Most years, there’s significant variations in the Upper Midwest states that hold a population of these charismatic birds, but this year there seems to
How to kill a buck when the temperatures rise
Most bowhunters cross their fingers and pray to the deer gods that opening week will come with a nice cold front. This generally doesn’t work out too well. While the dreamy days of frosty mornings
Deer bag limits could be reduced in three Ohio counties hit hardest by EHD
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife proposed reducing the white-tailed deer bag limit in Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties from three deer to two in response to an unprecedented outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
After some pushback, state-funded gun range in South Dakota nearly finished, expected to open in November
Dust plumes rose frequently along a gravel section of Elk Vale Road on the open prairie of Meade County, South Dakota in early September where workers are vigorously trying to finish a gun range that
