Hunting
Wisconsin forester spearheads movement to stop landowners from using high fences, creating “gray area” game farms
Poet Robert Frost famously wrote that good fences make good neighbors. When it comes to hunting, not everyone shares Frost’s sentiment.
A forester and former Jackson County Conservation Congress delegate in Wisconsin alleges
Dan Ladd: Readers make things happen at New York Outdoor News
As we close out another year, our 20th at New York Outdoor News, I’d like to not only wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2025, but also thank so many of you readers for participating
Steve Griffin: Here’s what I would change about Lower Peninsula deer regs
In a treestand, free of distractions including deer, I pondered: what would I change about Lower Peninsula deer hunting in Michigan?
I’ve asked myself and buddies, as the current season plays out: If drawing
Ralph Loos: Geese are back in the news, unfortunately for hunters (and geese)
Geese are in the news, but as has been the case the past two decades, it’s mostly not what you might call “positive” news.
I say “mostly” because there is an ounce or two of
For one deer hunter, this was a really poor stand location
There’s something special about sitting in a deer stand. It’s a front-row seat to nature’s wonders. At dawn, the wild world comes alive – songbirds sing, mallards hail, and pheasants crow.
Dusk, too, is
These mini tools will have your mini food plots pulling in deer
Tom Hart, a good buddy, former cop, and current Outdoor News advertising salesman has harvested a lot of big bucks from small urban spots to larger out-of-state leases. The thing is, he doesn’t claim to
Bob Gwizdz: Biologists worry CWD will be a long-term issue in Michigan’s deer herd
It’s been a while since chronic wasting disease has been in the news in Michigan, so I thought I’d take a look at the literature. I called Chad Stewart, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’
Weasels provide a good opportunity to get started in trapping
My first encounter with a weasel was fox trapping as a teenager in the 1970s. I caught one in a No. 1½ coil-spring trap at a dirt-hole set for fox. I admit I set my
John Tertuliani: Memories of long-ago come flooding back each deer opener
I was 13 when an opportunity for a rifle hunt came together in north-central Pennsylvania, the region where my grandfather immigrated to and met the woman who would become my grandmother. The hunt started a
