Hunting
Minnesota firearms whitetail harvest up 4% after first weekend
“That’s probably what I expected. We were kind of expecting like a 5, 6% increase in harvest this year, so that’s pretty much right around there. We had pretty good weather,” said Todd Froberg,.
How to pull together a good firearms deer hunt before the final buzzer sounds
Any hunter with a few seasons under his or her belt knows that the odds of filling that buck tag drop like a rock as the closing bell nears. The pressure puts deer underground, where
Adirondack Deer Camps No two are alike
Hunting camps come in many shapes and sizes, including Camp Sugarbush on Maple Lake in the Northern Adirondacks (l), book author Bob Elinskas’ backwoods tent camp (ctr) and Tom Van Pelt’s outfit in Big Moose,
Outdoor truisms … such as they are, Part II
The last time we got together here, I wrote about “truisms” that relate to our outdoor pursuits. Not those day-to-day truisms, like, “If you get lost, come straight back to camp,” or, “When you’re on
Giant Canada, snow goose populations ‘robust,’ white-fronted geese in decline in Illinois
White-fronted geese midcontinent population estimates declined 59% from 2023 to 2024, short almost 2 million geese from the 2023 estimate of 3.2 million. Although the number seems like a sharp decline, the midcontinent population is
A buck with Dad’s deer rifle
I guess you could say my father was a “casual” deer hunter. As much as he liked hunting, he didn’t have time to take it too seriously. With seven mouths to feed – me being
New York Outdoor News 2024 Rut Tracker Breeding Time
Oak Duke expects bucks re-visiting old hotspots such as scrapes made in October as the rut intensifies around mid-November. Photo by Oak Duke.
The first buck: getting over the hump
I hate deer hunting.” It’s the lie that I tell myself during a tough hunting season. A lie I told myself all last season: A season full of unpunched tags, an empty freezer, and 8-hour
DEC, NDA discuss non-lead ammunition at webinar
In recent years, legislation has surfaced in New York, mainly seeking to ban the use of lead ammunition on public lands. Hurst explained that DEC’s policy is “this is your ammo and your choice,” a
