Hunting
Oak Duke: Plan ahead for a classic 2025 whitetail rut
The celestial spheres have ganged up to throw us deer hunters an astronomical curve ball this year, skewing the methodology of how we determine the dates of the 2025 whitetail rut a bit.
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Tom Bahti: Discovering where the goose music begins is an eye-opening experience
There’s pretty much an entire generation of Wisconsin waterfowlers who never dealt with the extremely conservative season structures of the mid- and late-1980s with a 30-day duck season with a three-bird limit, and restrictive Canada
More CWD detected in Pennsylvania’s northeastern deer herd
Less than two weeks after the first positive case of chronic wasting disease was publicly confirmed in the northeast region, another has turned up.
On Feb. 12, the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that a
Brooke Rollins confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture
Lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed earlier this month as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to
Why pursue light geese in springtime? The reasons are many
True story: My fascination with snow geese began in bed. It was the late 1990s. I’d moved from St. Paul, Minn., to Aberdeen, S.D., only a few months earlier. Spring had sprung; warmer weather had
Christine Thomas: Thrill of victory, agony of defeat
“I think duct tape could solve all your problems,” my husband, Stan, offered helpfully (not).
This sage advice was given as we were on our way to Sheboygan Falls to the Oh Rats Dog
Gretchen Steele: Illinois legislation that hunters, anglers should know about
One thing we can always count on this time of year is a flurry of introduced bills in Springfield that affect outdoor enthusiasts in Illinois. This year is no exception.
We’ll look at the
Minnesota’s Pope County pheasant group keeps conservation local for over 40 years
Gary Weber has trained six hunting dogs since 1982, the year he helped form Pope County Pheasant Restoration, a conservation/hunting nonprofit organization that predates the arrival of Pheasants Forever.
He said he remembers all
DNR to begin capturing and collaring elk for research project in northwest Minnesota
Research biologists from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities will begin capturing and collaring elk for an in-depth elk research project in northwest Minnesota beginning early March 2025.
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