Hunting
Pinpointing what led to a great week in the turkey woods
It was hard to believe we weren’t hearing anything on the final morning of Minnesota’s first turkey-hunting season this year.
Where were the gobbles? This was in stark contrast to the two mornings I
Pennsylvania Game Commission has high hopes for gobbler season harvest
That might be tough to beat this year, especially because the statewide flock contains a lot of three-year-old and older gobblers, the toughest kind to fool. But Casalena is excited and thinks the rest of
Michigan groups angry that dog quota not raised for bear training season
Misconceptions about bear hunting contributed to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission’s rejection of a dog training proposal in April, but hound hunters aren’t giving up.
The NRC voted 3-3 in April on a compromise
Michigan DNR does not recommend change to woodcock opening day
In 2001, federal wildlife officials changed the framework for woodcock hunting, shortening the season from 60 days to 45 days and mandating that the Michigan season open no sooner than the Saturday closest to Sept.
Landowner conservation assistance could take hit in Trump proposal for the NRCS
Navigating government programs has never been for the faint of heart, nor has it been something citizens have dared wade into alone, should some form of assistance be available.
That’s true of conservation programs,
Drained a century ago, central Minnesota’s Butler Lake restored to benefit waterfowl
During the past decade, Ducks Unlimited has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Meeker County officials in central Minnesota to restore 66-acre Butler Lake. The lake, which once spanned 200 acres, was
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Juvenile avoids boating disaster on Lake Miltona near Alexandria
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department on May 4 issued a press release involving a boating incident and a juvenile operator.
According to the release, the sheriff’s office on May 3 at about 2 p.m.
Minnesota’s spring turkey season on track for top-two finish in harvest
As of early May, it’s no surprise that the 2025 turkey harvest is still on course to likely break the top five rank for all-time harvest, coming in with around 13,220 birds so far this
Minnesota waterfowl seasons set, with split shift in the southern zone
The Minnesota DNR has released the season framework for the 2025 migratory bird-hunting seasons, and it includes one notable change to the duck season in the state’s southern zone.
This year’s 60-day duck season
