Hunting
Notes off a soiled cuff: Mindsets have changed when it comes to keeping wild brook trout
When I started fishing for trout as a kid, around 1966, the minimum size for keeping trout was 6 inches. It stayed that way until the Pennsylvania Fish Commission increased the minimum length to 7
‘Bomb cyclone’ delivers ducks to Ohio’s North Zone hunters
During a weather event that only occurs an average of 18 times per year worldwide – a “Bomb Cyclone” – that was predicted days in advance dropped temperatures Dec. 27-28 from nearly 60 degrees to
Ohio Mixed Bag: Leader of Ohio Bowhunters Association dies
Gaithersburg, Md. — After advancing conservation priorities at the Izaak Walton League for 18 years, including 13 years as executive director, Scott Kovarovics stepped down Dec 23. A search for a new executive director will
Raised at Full Draw offering youth bowhunting camps in Pennsylvania
Raised at Full Draw will once again be offering youth bowhunting camps in Pennsylvania. Designed for the 11- to 17-year-old age group, the camps will follow the curriculum of Today’s Bowhunter, which is the National
Pennsylvania lawmakers want national searches for directors of hunting and fishing agencies
Two legislators are planning to introduce legislation to change the way executive directors of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission are selected.
State Rep. Jim Haddock, D-Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, and
More than 30 predator hunts scheduled across Pennsylvania
At least 31 organized predator hunts are scheduled across Pennsylvania, and hunters are eager to participate. Hunts begin this month and continue through late March.
Fifteen hunts are planned to start in January –
Michigan bear hunters record strong 2025 harvest
Bear hunters recorded another robust season in Michigan in 2025, harvesting nearly 2,000 animals and bringing home many large bears in the Upper Peninsula.
At the Escanaba-area check stations alone, the Michigan Department of
Hunting incidents decline during Michigan’s 2025 seasons
Preliminary results from the 2025 hunting seasons indicate that Michigan’s 644,000 hunters were relatively safe last year through all hunting seasons.
As of Jan. 8, the number of hunting incidents reported on the DNR’s
Hunt mule deer in their bedroom; here’s where to look
Just 200 yards from a slight rise that I thought would put me just above the mule deer group I had spotted an hour before, I stopped on the edge of a wide creek bottom
