Hunting
Steve Carney: Minnesota sportsmen’s group celebrates 85 years
I recently was asked to speak to a sportsmen’s group in Rice, Minn., and upon doing some research, I couldn’t believe its history of giving to the community for over 85 years. Formed in 1940,
Gray wolf shot in southeastern Minnesota’s Fillmore County
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Minnesota DNR received a TIP that a gray wolf had been illegally shot and killed in southeastern Minnesota’s Fillmore County, several miles north of the Iowa-Minnesota border, according to a
A fun and effective approach to running and gunning for turkeys
It was late May in 2022 when my daughter and I got positioned against a huge oak on a narrow tree line between crop fields for our last turkey hunt of the Minnesota season.
New law allowing .410s for Illinois turkey hunters will debut this spring season
Luke Garver has fielded many suggestions from turkey hunters since taking his current job in October 2016.
Some good, some not. But come April, when the Illinois spring turkey hunting season opens, one of
Wisconsin wardens at work: Take entire road-killed deer, or nothing at all
A passing motorist saw a person cut off the head of a vehicle-killed white-tailed buck, place the head in the trunk of his car, and drive off.
The passing motorist was pretty sure some
With trapping season winding down in Illinois, here’s a look at the market for fur prices
Illinois trappers are finished with their season, except for beaver and otter trappers whose season runs through March 31. As trappers turn to marketing their catch, there certainly hasn’t been a whole lot to brag
Promoter, New York State Police try to speed up ammo background checks at Albany Gun Show
Marc Loveland stood near the entrance of the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y., watching dozens of vendors prepare for what would be the second day of his first big gun show in
Changes to Minnesota wetland rule pass House committee
The Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Finance Policy Committee approved H.F. 8 on Thursday, Feb. 13 – Wetland Conservation Act amendments – in a party-line vote of 7-5 in favor of it advancing to
University of Illinois expert discusses avian flu, migrating wild birds
Each spring, roughly 3.5 billion wild birds migrate from their warm winter havens to their breeding grounds across North America, eating insects and distributing plant seeds.
Some also carry diseases like avian influenza, a
