Hunting
One fatality, several injuries reported so far during the 2024 Illinois deer season
A bowhunter in Wayne County, Ill., apparently fell asleep in his treestand Nov. 10 and fell to the ground. According to DNR, the hunter, who was not wearing a safety harness, was air-lifted to a
17-year-old Illinois bowhunter gets the buck he’s been after through many zigs and zags
His history with the deer includes a missed shot, a long period of “ghosting” and tons of evidence suggesting that even celebrities can turn camera shy.
Kelton Ryan on Nov. 10 finally harvested the
Stid Hill Wildlife Management Area worth the effort for New York hunters
When you visit Ontario County’s Stid Hill Wildlife Management Area, you’ll quickly see the WMA’s name is well deserved.
About 150 acres of the WMA along Route 64 is gentle or moderately sloped, but
New York 2024 rut tracker: End of the trail
A trickle rut could produce an early December breeding period as bucks pursue fawns and does that did not come into estrus ipn November. Photo by Oak Duke.
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Opening day memories from New York’s Southern Zone on opening day
New York’s Southern Zone big game season opened on Nov. 16 this year and I found myself just a few miles from where I spent more than 50 years of opening days in the southern
Notes off a soiled cuff: Reader offers an interesting reason for Pa. leading the country in deer/vehicle collisions
Driving home from a great nephew’s birthday party recently – deep in thought, pondering what I might write this column about – a big doe burst from brush alongside a highway near my home and
Otsego County, Mich., man arraigned, faces additional charges for poaching deer
A Johannesburg, Mich., man with a history of hunting-related violations recently faced new charges for illegally taking deer.
Cecil Edward Day, 59, was arraigned Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Otsego County 87-A District Court on
Dean Bortz: Campbellsport, Wis., citizens look ahead after poaching, animal-cruelty case rattles community
I bet the fabric of the Fond du Lac County town of Campbellsport, Wis., can be found in every small Wisconsin community. That fabric is woven, over time, by the people who live in those
Pennsylvania reader stories: Bird dog saves the day by finding a buck
Oct. 30 was my grandson’s 15th birthday, it was also one of my most wild days of emotion, but not because of my grandson’s birthday.
I was up at my cabin in West Field,
