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Survey shows Iowa’s pheasant population at 20 year high, ‘banner’ hunting season expected
Iowa’s statewide pheasant population is at a 20-year high, and state wildlife experts are forecasting a banner year for hunters.
“The mild winter really put us over the top this year,” said Todd Bogenschutz,

Bates State Forest: No frills, just wildlife in New York’s Schoharie County
There’s nothing fancy about the Bates State Forest in Schoharie County.
No trails. No designated campsites. No formal parking areas. But in many ways, it’s everything a state-owned tract designed for recreational use should

New York’s Jacob Slusarz repeats as IBO world champion
Jacob Slusarz continues to be on a roll as a professional archer.
The Voorheesville resident (Albany County, N.Y.) recently won his second consecutive IBO World Championship, following up an earlier win this year at

New York Mixed Bag: DEC announces several appointments, including Sean Mahar as R4 Director
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that former Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar was appointed as Regional Director for DEC’s Region 4, which includes Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady

Dan Ladd: Be careful relying on artificial intelligence for your info on outdoor regulations
Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, and that includes things relative to the outdoors.
Try a Google search of anything from the latest guns or gear to perhaps a hunting or fishing destination and see

EHD hitting deer hard in southeast Ohio
A fast-spreading deer disease has hit areas of southeast Ohio hard in this late summer season, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has had a particular rough impact on

Commentary: A few suggestions to help hunters harvest more does where needed
Deer hunters have gradually and reluctantly moved past the old mindset of avoiding doe harvests. In some parts of Wisconsin protecting does is important, but for much of the state deer populations have exploded and

Four reasons you aren’t having the bowhunting success you want
My wife and I were in our kitchen almost 15 years ago on a summer Sunday afternoon when I brought up deer hunting, a subject she’d heard me mention frequently.
“I want to get

Mike Raykovicz: A ‘modest’ proposal for a doe season
When Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” in 1729, it was widely regarded as an inflammatory essay. In his essay, Swift suggested that the children of the starving Irish poor be sold so as not