Hunting
Deer harvest shifts upward in Illinois
Illinois bowhunters fell just short of the coveted 70,000 mark this season, but it appears they have managed to rebound from a slight hiccup in arrowing deer last year.
Numbers tell the story.
Hunting-related shooting incidents remain low in New York, but treestand falls a concern
The number of hunting-related shooting incidents from the 2022-23 big-game seasons in New York tied 2021 for the safest-ever year, but there were an alarming number of fatal treestand falls in 2022.
Is nocturnal feeding to blame for duck slump during the Illinois season?
Horseshoe Lake in Illinois held large numbers of ducks, but hunters still had little success. For years, hunters have floated a theory that ducks are becoming nocturnal feeders as a way to escape hunting pressure.<br
Spring scout for whitetails and reap the benefits in the fall
It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about does or bucks, the majority of the deer I put a bow tag on stem in some way from scouting. Ahead of spring green-up, the forest floor is
Legacy Amendment in Minnesota: Is it working? Do people even know about it?
A wide-ranging discussion from the 2023 Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Minnesota touched on many topics pertaining to the past, present, and future of the Legacy Amendment in the state, and a few prominent
Hearings set on challenges to New York gun laws
For parties on both sides of New York’s continuing gun law debate, Monday, March 20 is a date circled on the calendar.
That’s because on that date a three-judge panel of the United States
Penn State study shows state’s private forest landowners want to use prescribed fire for management
Managers of public forests in Pennsylvania have been using controlled burns to manage state-owned tracts to promote tree species such as oak, reduce the growth of invasive plant species and even reduce tick populations for
Making memories hunting shed antlers
If you are a deer hunter, there can sometimes be no better feeling than knowing the big buck that eluded you last fall is still alive and kicking, giving you renewed hope of wrapping your
Two Wisconsin men face 50 deer poaching charges
A decapitated buck carcass found in a rural Waupaca County field resulted in two men facing heavy adjudication for shining and killing dozens of white-tailed deer since 2019.
