Hunting
Turkey timing: Early seasons are filled with challenges, opportunities
At the hunting season’s start, wild turkeys are doing about the same thing no matter the weather in Minnesota: roosting, surviving, eating, breeding. Photoperiod (daylight length) drives the mating urge in male birds, and photoperiod
Take a kid into the turkey woods this spring and get the most out of the hunt
Some of my most memorable spring gobbler hunts occurred when I didn’t even have a shotgun in my hands. There’s no better feeling than taking a youngster or a non-hunting adult afield and introducing them
Turning decoys into works of art
Bill Koelpin, Jr., didn’t have to look hard to find a little artistic inspiration. All he had to do was ask his father, Bill Sr.
“My father was a world-champion carver, painter, and bronze
Michigan bill would repeal mandatory deer registration, potential criminal penalties
Legislation introduced in the state House would repeal reporting requirements for deer harvests and potential criminal penalties implemented by the Department of Natural Resources last season.
Charlevoix Republican Rep. Neil Riske introduced House
Fawn study providing much-needed deer data in Minnesota’s farmland region
There are many areas of Minnesota where deer managers don’t have updated data in terms of fawn survival rates, but a study being conducted in the south-central area of the state is changing that in
Pennsylvania bill to make senior hunters exempt from antler restrictions
State Rep. David Maloney, R-Berks, believes there are several benefits with his plan to make senior hunters exempt from antler restrictions.
The legislation would allow senior hunters to harvest an antlered deer with
Lessons I have learned in over 50 years of hunting and fishing
I’m still capable each hunting and fishing season of making a new blunder, one I didn’t even think was possible, but that’s just part of the game.
In the interest of helping accelerate the
Senate bill coming to restore Monday deer opener in Pennsylvania
Legislation to move the opening day of the statewide Pennsylvania firearms deer season back to Monday after Thanksgiving will soon be introduced in the state Senate.
The move comes on the heels of
Illinois youth hunters hope to set pace in spring turkey season
The end of March is upon us and that marks the beginning of the spring turkey hunting season in Illinois. As is customary, those 18 or younger get the honor of being the first to
