Hunting
Video of injured deer sparks calls for animal cruelty charge for Vermont man facing poaching charges
Cell phone video that a game warden said showed a hunter petting an illegally shot and injured deer, and saying “good boy” before killing the animal, has raised calls from wildlife advocates for animal cruelty
Pennsylvania House thwarts proposed plan to transfer money from Game Fund
A move to transfer $150 million from the Pennsylvania Game Commission that could also jeopardize the agency’s eligibility for federal Pittman-Robertson funding has been stopped.
On Oct. 4, the House stripped an amendment
Ohio’s Disease Surveillance Area deer hunt harvest about the same as 2022
Ohio hunters participating in the special so-named three-day “Disease Surveillance Area (DSA)” firearms season did well, though in practical terms, not really any better than for the similar 2022 season.
This special hunt allowed
Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 20, 2023
Fall perch bite on Lake Erie is picking up. A look at the fishing and hunting report from across Ohio on Oct. 20, 2023.
Katie McKalip is New VP of Communications and Marketing at Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society
Katie McKalip, the longtime vice president for external affairs and communications at Missoula, Mont.-based Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has left the organization to join the Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society.
Oct. 18 marked
Waterfowl migration report: Duck hunting slows, but crop harvest opens up field opportunities
The Minnesota DNR released the fifth edition of its 2023 waterfowl migration and hunting report on Oct. 19, noting that hunting slowed in the state over the past week.
Geese continue to increase in
Your first western deer hunt? Here are critical rules for success
It’s a somewhat hopeless feeling, realizing how greatly the odds are stacked against you. I’ve hunted the Great Plains states enough to know that getting within archery range of any deer seems like an insurmountable
Trick or Treat: Halloween can be a magical time of year in the whitetail woods
It was four days before Halloween, and I still hadn’t located anything that alerted me to the presence of bucks beginning to show themselves with any regularity. I would use the day to cover as
You have to be kidding me: Somehow, a bull elk gets by unscathed
This is one story I really don’t want to tell.
For one thing, the circumstances are downright embarrassing. For another, remembering what happened on that mountain triggers another bout of head-shaking that’s accompanied by
