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Oak Duke: When is it time to move deer stands during the season?
I hate moving a treestand during the hunting season. And no, it’s not the work, the sweat, or even the lost hunting time that I mind most. Sometimes re-hanging a stand right in prime time

Dean Bortz: Wisconsin-made .45 air rifle claims first big game animal
When Gov. Tony Evers signed the “air gun” bill, Wisconsin Act 115, into law in March, it was only a matter of time before someone used an air-powered shotgun to shoot a turkey, since the

Ohio Insider: Are young hunters more likely to shoot antlerless deer than adults? Doesn’t seem so
Are we as Ohio sportsmen and women doing it wrong when it comes to raising the next generation of deer hunters?
I pose this question on the heels of receiving an eye-opening graphic from

Hen survival rates “fairly high” during first two years of Ohio turkey study
Ohio’s turkey researchers are right in the middle of a research project on the nesting and reproduction of wild turkeys in the state.
The current research being conducted by Ohio State University (OSU), the

Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 31, 2024
Shallow water bite on for saugeyes, crappies. A look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report on Oct. 31, 2024.

Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination
Maine’s traditional fall hunting seasons are in full swing, but hunters are being asked to avoid eating their game in parts of the state because of the possibility of harmful chemicals in animal meat.

Ryan Rothstein: Ready or not, the ‘grind’ of the rut is here
Despite this fall being incredibly warm and overall deer activity being mostly sluggish as a result, the heart of the whitetail rut is staring down the barrel at us. No matter how insistently the weather

Glassing during the rut? Here’s why binos are the best tool at your disposal in November
The whitetail rut is the time when the shelves of sporting goods stores start to empty. Calls, scents, and decoys all start to have their moments this time of year, and all of them can

Christine Thomas: Wisconsin’s Ken Kranz passes along deer hunting torch
Ken and I were of a similar vintage, so I knew he was past old enough. In the beginning, he would talk about how they needed him at his place of employment. Sometimes he mentioned