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Streams of Thought: Keep your hunting dogs safe this season
When they told me that my pup, Liza, would slow down a bit after having pups last spring, I believed them. They, of course, were wrong.
I think she found a new, higher gear.

Montana artist Chuck Black wins 2023 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest
After two days of competition, Chuck Black of Belgrade, Mont., emerged as the winner of the 2023 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an oil painting of a northern pintail. The announcement was made at

New York’s Northern Zone bowhunters can expect a strong mast crop when deer season opens Sept. 27
Deer season in the Northern Zone officially gets under way with the opening of the early archery season on Sept. 27. And state wildlife officials are confident that hunters in the North Country will find

Mid-season Doves: Here’s what to do as the hunting pressure picks up
The work begins as the birds are on to me, no longer flying low where they once did. Not dropping in to the decoys without hesitation. So it goes with each passing day. The easy

Field first-aid for hunting dogs: Here’s how to be prepared
You’ve planned the trip for months and are finally hunting. You haven’t been afield an hour when the dog comes limping back to you, or blood is gushing out of a gash in his forehead

Vision of the Howard K. Vincent Waterfowl Production Area comes into focus at official dedication
September 14 highlighted teamwork across borders between conservationists in both Minnesota and Iowa with the formal dedication of the Howard K. Vincent Waterfowl Production Area Site — a 195.5-acre parcel of farmland now set to

Changes to Illinois’ bow season have upside
More crossbows, larger harvests and the potential addition of new counties to a special restricted archery zone designed to bolster the herd.
Bowhunting in Illinois has evolved. It most certainly will continue to do

What does Wisconsin’s Deer Management Assistance Program look like after 10 years?
The Wisconsin DNR’S Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP), the brainchild of Texan Dr. James Kroll, received rave reviews from landowners as its 10th anniversary rolled past.
Those positive comments from enrollees could be

The arrival of 2023 hunting seasons is worth celebrating
Joe Robison is one of the most dedicated, knowledgeable waterfowl hunters I have ever met.
So when he invited me to join him for the waterfowl – goose and early teal – opener this