Hunting
New York rifle opener just ahead down south
New York’s biggest hunting day of the year is on the horizon as the Southern Zone rifle season begins Saturday, Nov. 16, and runs through Dec. 8.
Early deer bow kills lag in Wisconsin after 8 weekends
Wisconsin’s combined bow, crossbow, and youth gun deer harvest of 62,842 whitetails is down about 10% through the first eight weekends of the season.
Decoy ‘ditch ducks’ magically reproducing in Minnesota’s Aitkin County
Author and outdoorsman Doug Lodermeier doesn’t remember the precise date and year, but he does recall doing an extreme double-take.
An avid bird hunter, Lodermeier, 69, of Edina, Minn., was heading north along Highway
Commentary: For Minnesota deer hunters, safe hunts are successful hunts
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been planning for this weekend’s Minnesota firearms deer opener since the day last year’s season ended. I’ve pondered my equipment, where I’ll place my stand and my kids’ stands,
As older deer hunters ‘age out,’ who will replace them?
For almost half a century, Rick Deuel, of Steamboat Lake, south of Cass Lake, eagerly awaited the Minnesota firearms deer-hunting season.
“Deer season was great. As a kid, I couldn’t wait until I was
A few rules of the road to help you have a fun deer season
Archery season is now in full swing. We have waited all year for this time and many can’t wait to hit the woods and fencerows in hopes of wrapping their tag around a fat doe
Consider adding a hub-style blind to your deer hunting arsenal
While most rut-period hunters want to have the best view possible when they sit, the truth is that a hub-style blind is something that almost every whitetailer should have in the arsenal. This goes for
Deer with a handgun? It’s possible and even productive in some instances
Technology has not made handgun hunting any easier. The stakes are summed up nicely in Ohio’s 2023-24 deer harvest statistics. Less than 1% (526) of deer were shot with a handgun.
Getting within range
Ben Moyer: Magazine ad a public lands wake-up for Pennsylvania
An ad in a current outdoor magazine points out what Pennsylvanians’ future access to public land for hunting and fishing could lose if politicians who have stated we have too much state game land acreage
