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Missouri deer hunters set new state record for total harvest in 2023-24
Missouri’s 2023-2024 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with a preliminary record-setting total deer harvest of 326,026. This year’s new harvest record surpasses the one set in 2006 of 325,457.
Of the deer harvested, 147,705

Hamlin Marsh: Central New York waterfowling hotspot
It’s a state wildlife management area with many names over the years, but these days – actually since 1994 – it’s known as the Stanley J. Hamlin Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
It’s a unique
NewYork Mixed Bag: Sullivan County Federation gears up for one more coyote hunt
The Federation of Sportsman’s Clubs of Sullivan County is holding what is likely its last annual coyote hunting contest. The event, being held Feb. 2-4, is their 16th annual and features a $2,000 grand prize.

Dan Ladd: Let’s get back to the NRA we used to know
I’ve been an NRA member for most of my adult life. A winter home project (spanning a few winters now) of organizing my book and magazine library has resulted in the rediscovery of some older

Buying a 9mm? Here’s what to consider with America’s most popular handgun cartridge
Searching for the top options in 9mm handguns is like seeking the best cold cereal breakfast food – too many options!
But, because 9mm Luger is the most popular handgun chambering in the United

Pennsylvania Reader Stories: Only a few minutes needed for 8-point buck
Nov. 12 was my first day archery hunting this season. Being an avid huntress since I was a kid, I’ve never been so delayed getting out in a hunting season.
Regardless, my dad, Brian

Commentary: Time for Fish and Wildlife agencies to re-engage with constituents
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is unique.
Nowhere else in the world did hunters and anglers coalesce and become a sufficiently powerful political force to save fish, wildlife, and their habitats from

Steve Griffin: The best part of the hunt isn’t always the kill
The best part of the pheasant hunt wasn’t even in the field.
It was the campfire.
OK, there wasn’t a fireplace, or a fire, around which eight or 10 of us sat after

Dean Bortz: Just what the heck is a ‘green sheet’ on the Wisconsin NRB meeting agenda?
I’ve been navigating the natural resources management “hallways” from the Wisconsin DNR to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the state university system to local conservation groups to the Natural Resources Board and to