Hunting
Michigan hunter tagged ’22 bear weighing near 600 pounds
Samuel Wiltzius from Marquette shot one of the heaviest black bears killed in Michigan during the 2022 season while hunting over bait in the Carney Bear Management Unit in the southern U.P.
It was
New York teen bags big Missouri tom with seven beards
A Saratoga County teen has shaken up the turkey-hunting world this spring after bagging a seven-bearded tom while on a hunting trip with family and friends in Missouri.
Joey Berlin, of Clifton Park, had
Campbellsport’s Rick Heisler is Wisconsin’s hunter education instructor of year
Rick Heisler, of Campbellsport, was recognized twice this year for his longtime work as a hunter safety instructor.
In March, the DNR notified Heisler he was the recipient of the 2022 Wisconsin DNR Hunter
Is the popularity of game meat declining?
Arguably, one of the reasons that hunting is so deeply embedded in American culture is that, once upon a time, everyone ate wildlife and most people hunted as a matter of course. Writers from Mark
Veteran Pennsylvania fur buyer was a legend and a mentor
On a wall inside an old shed sit a dozen small jars.
Some are small, 1-ounce glass bottles, and others are plastic, 16-ounce jars that held bait. They are all empty now, but at
Record 137,649 apply for bear harvest tags in Wisconsin
The DNR will issue a total of 12,760 bear harvest tags for this fall, up 4.9% from last season. A record 137,649 hunters applied in December, with 105,748 applying for preference point only and 31,901
Stretching out the spring turkey season in Michigan
My friend Rick hunkered down in a blind at the edge of a small opening on his forested land on the first day of the turkey hunting season this year.
Youth deer hunt survives in New York, included in budget
While lawmakers in Albany haggled over the eventual $229 billion budget – and things like a minimum wage increase, bail laws and unlicensed marijuana shops – New York’s sporting community awaited word on the fate
One Waupaca County, Wis. poaching suspect pleads not guilty to 51 charges
One of two men facing charges in a Waupaca County, Wis. deer poaching case has pleaded not guilty to 51 felony and misdemeanor counts, and has a trial tentatively scheduled for August.
Meanwhile, the
