Hunting
Pennsylvania reader stories: Winter morning pheasant hunt has healing quality
Of all the mornings to go out hunting in January, we had chosen one of the coldest.
My father and I arrived at a frozen parking lot in Royersford, at 7 a.m. My friend
Avoid these three mistakes puppy owners make with their retrievers
Early summer is prime time to pick up a new hunting pup. This gives owners plenty of time to train throughout the best months of the year, and if the timing works out, have their
Illinois DNR to host traditional blind drawings at state waterfowl hunting sites this July, August
The Illinois DNR announced that it will host “traditional” blind drawings at all state waterfowl hunting sites in July and August.
The question: Should the agency expect hunters to show up in throngs, which
Chris Hespen picked to manage Illinois DNR’s largest site at Pyramid State Park
Chris Hespen has built an impressive resume with DNR.
The Peotone native was recently named the site superintendent at Pyramid State Park. Hespen is just the fourth site super in Pyramid’s 55-year history, following Bob
Work at Iowa’s Towhead Lake supports grassland species, upland gamebirds
Towhead Lake was once a natural shallow lake, with a network of connected wetlands, considered sovereign land by the state highway commission when it visited the area in the 1910s.
With a maximum depth
Weather model forecasts bump in Iowa pheasant population
Favorable winter and spring weather across much of Iowa is expected to benefit pheasant hunters this fall.
Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife research biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said each summer, the DNR
After tough winter, Minnesota pheasants get a decent spring
Every day he runs his route in southwestern Minnesota, mail carrier Rick Buchholz traverses roughly 80 miles of gravel roads – prime real estate to spy pheasants and newly hatched pheasant chicks.
“It’s
North Dakota breeding duck survey a mix of highs, lows
On one hand, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 76th annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of more than 3.4 million birds, up just 1.5% from last year, and
Research shows ticks could spread CWD in deer population
A study published May 15, 2023, suggests that ticks could be a vector in spreading CWD among white-tailed deer. Heather Inzalaco, the lead researcher for the study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she came
