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Return to northern Pennsylvania for turkeys different in final week
Hunting gobblers during the last full week of the season meant a lot less noise and bird sightings than the first week.
Not one to give up easily, I reloaded my turkey hunting

Every picture tells a story, Part I
I was going through an old photo album the other day. By old, think black and white photographs from the early 1950s. Glancing at a couple of them, I was reminded of the Rod Stewart

A quick chat with Mark Norquist of Modern Carnivore
“There is always an opportunity to get a bigger audience,” said Norquist, 52, founder and editor of Modern Carnivore (modcarn.com), a blog and guide to adult-on-set outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, and foraging and

Support not unanimous for Minnesota’s outdoors bill
A couple of weekends ago, the Minnesota Legislature ended its session with many different bills and policies passing in the final days and minutes. As is typically the case, not everyone approves what the Legislature

Outdoor Insights: Thoughts on important outdoor items from Minnesota’s legislative session
We don’t have to like everything that passed with the 2023 Minnesota Legislature, but – unlike most years in this space post-legislative session – I can’t say nothing happened.

Minnesota DNR faces smoke from Canadian wildfires on the spring waterfowl survey
Steve Cordts, Minnesota DNR waterfowl staff specialist, has flown the state’s May aerial waterfowl survey for 18 years.
During his years counting ducks, geese, swans, and other migratory birds, Cordts said high winds, thunderstorms,

New Illinois Outdoor News feature, ‘Histories Forgotten,’ explores our game laws’ early days
Everyone seems to have a good time with our “Cuffs and Collars” page, the section of Outdoor News that shares incidents and reports from DNR’s Conservation Police Officers.
Even after roughly 16 years of

Illinois game law enforcement was slow to develop
In the coming weeks and months, I will expose readers to a small portion of the materials I uncovered and studied while writing my books. My objective is to educate the citizenry about past decisions

Now is a good time for trail cam maintenance
As we take a breath before the next hunting season begins, it’s a good time to get your trail cameras out for some annual maintenance and potential repair. So why is this important?
First,