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Southwestern Minnesota Pheasants Forever chapter celebrates 50 land acquisitions
Since its inception in 1984, the Nobles County Chapter of Pheasants Forever in southwestern Minnesota has been all about the dirt.
That is, purchasing parcels of land with the express purpose of raising ring-necked

Is there interest in pausing northeast Minnesota elk relocation efforts? Red Lake Nation, DNR sign onto management agreement
This year and likely into the future, collaboration regarding northwestern Minnesota elk management between the state DNR and Red Lake Nation will be more intertwined, officials say.
On Thursday, June 12, both entities signed

Longstanding Winous Point Shooting Club an important part of duck study in Ohio
The Winous Point Shooting Club (WPSC) on Lake Erie’s Sandusky Bay traces its history to 1856, making WPSC the oldest, continuously operating duck club in North America.
A group of writers and photographers from

A quick chat with Ben Jones of the Ruffed Grouse Society
Ben Jones is the president and CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society. The two groups work together to unite conservationists to improve wildlife habitat and forest health for all forest wildlife.<br

Commentary: Time to rethink CWD management
News reports and agency communications make clear that chronic wasting disease continues to spread to new places and also that prevalence is increasing among herds already affected by the disease.
Despite 50 years of

Public encouraged to report turkey sightings to Pennsylvania Game Commission
The Pennsylvania Game Commission again is seeking input from the public in surveying wild turkeys this summer. The agency’s annual Pennsylvania wild turkey sighting survey runs through Aug. 31.
Public participation is important for

Ohio Insider: Some final thoughts from the state’s spring 2025 turkey season
We’re a bit more than a month removed from the 2025 spring turkey season closing in Ohio. To get some perspective on the success of the season, I contacted Mark Wiley, who’s in charge of

Should you shoot single-bevel broadheads? Here’s what to consider
It’d been a frustrating start to the whitetail rut in 2024, but anyone who has hunted long enough knows that fortunes can change quickly in November.
Time in the woods pays off. That’s what

Catching up with the ‘jerk’ buck, a huge-bodied New York 10-pointer
It was in the fall of 2019 when my friend Laura said “I have this buck that is a real jerk (not her exact word), It needs to go. Can you get rid of it