Hunting
Phase 1 construction of New York’s Adirondack Rail Trail complete with 10 miles now open
Contractors working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have completed construction on the first phase of the Adirondack Rail Trail, a 34-mile, multi-use recreational corridor for outdoor adventurers between Tupper Lake and
Maine, Massachusetts weigh Sunday hunting options
Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday hunting, and there’s a push to overturn the laws in Maine and Massachusetts, the final two states with full bans.
Maine’s highest court
Christine Thomas: A great 2023 deer season is a wrap
For reasons that I do not know, and that do not matter to this narrative, my husband, Stan, had arranged to meet a client at the Arnott Milling Company in Arnott. I was waiting in
For Minnesota’s Fred Bengtson, four decades with the DNR was an extension of a lifetime with wildlife
Fred Bengtson left his job without even the rumor of fanfare.
He didn’t give a farewell speech to his staff, or emote on social media. A party? No chance.
After nearly 40 years
How much deer disease can society tolerate? Wildlife managers weigh effects, results of culling
Culls in one form or another are how we produced domestic animals and many crop varieties (selective breeding is a form of culling).
It’s been used to change antler qualities behind fences and tried
Leashed tracking dog comes home after being lost four days in the New York woods
Just before midnight on Nov. 2, Brenda Dixon heard something on her front porch. She quickly opened the door and there was Dachs, their small dog that had been missing in the woods for a
Dan Ladd: Hard to blame Remington for leaving New York
When Smith & Wesson announced in 2021 that it was leaving Massachusetts, and taking over 700 jobs with them, many wondered if one day Remington would eventually do the same here in New York by
Hunting with Wisconsin’s ‘duck whisperers’ offers glimpse at unique calling style
Most waterfowl hunters buy a commercially-made wood or composite duck or goose call to attract their favorite species into shotgun range.
However, some hunters actually use an old-fashioned mouth-calling technique to bring in birds.
Wisconsin family deer camp carries 50-year heritage
The Welke family’s deer camp moved from the scrub oaks of northern Marinette County, Wis., to the stately oaks of north-central Crawford County over the past 50 years.
Somewhere along the way, Carl and Kurt
