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Commentary: New research looks at why wild turkey eggs aren’t hatching and impact it has on population decline
Are turkey population declines due to predators, as many suggest, or is it the failure of eggs to hatch?
Opinions vary, but the National Wild Turkey Federation is taking a close look to find

Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report for Sept. 8, 2023
Late summer bite slows as hunting picks up. A look at the fishing and hunting report from across Ohio on Sept. 8, 2023.

A Quick Chat with bowhunting great Andy May
Andy May made his way through the marsh this summer to reach a small island that has about three dozen oak trees on it to see which of those trees, if any, are producing acorns.<br

Does your shotgun fit you? It’s important, and here’s how to address the issue
Imagine that you purchased a quality, semi-automatic shotgun, primarily for hunting upland game birds and occasionally shattering flying discs.
The shotgun you chose was designed with input from renowned world champion shooters like Jerry

Bowhunting Bushytails: Here’s how to do it if you’re up for a challenge
One of my favorite places to bowhunt nut-fat, gray squirrels under the brilliant colors of freshly turned autumn leaves, is a damp lowland I call, the “tiny woods.”
If I had to guesstimate its

Minnesota’s elk-hunting season kicks off Sept. 9 in northwest: Here’s what hunters can expect
The elk-hunting season kicks off Saturday, and 17 Minnesotans have been selected for once-in-a-lifetime elk licenses. Zones 20 and 30 in northwestern Minnesota will have seasons during the next couple months for hunters anticipating a

Small tracts, big bucks: Helpful tips for hunting whitetails on small properties
The buck had to have dropped from the sky. That was all I could think of, since I had just looked at the scrape he was standing in only seconds before.
Spotting nothing there,

Completing the circle: Hunting mentor becomes the guided
It was back in 2004 when I took a kid afield for New York State’s first-ever youth turkey-hunting weekend. Living in the Adirondacks then, the temperature bottomed out at a brisk 18 degrees on that

A deep look into Iowa’s 2023 roadside count, one of the best for pheasants in years
Iowa’s 2023 August Roadside Count data is out, and pheasant hunters across the Hawkeye state received excellent news relating to this year’s pheasant season. The statewide survey showed the highest statewide counts since 2015. The