Hunting
Partnership between handler and hawk on full display during February falconry hunt
Becoming a falconer and obtaining a permit to possess a bird is a training-intensive and time-consuming process that includes an apprenticeship. Falconers work hard at their sport, but they clearly play hard when it’s time
Remembering Leopold: How did pheasants adapt?
In the middle of cold Minnesota winters, we sometimes worry about heating bills, frozen pipes, or whether the car will start in the morning.
Minnesota deer from Hennepin County given helicopter rides as research project begins
Research officials from the University of Minnesota and Three Rivers Park District affixed the deer with GPS radio collars, which will be used to monitor their movements year-round for two years. Researchers also took blood
Ohio Wildlife Council member calls for hunting suspension due to decline of ruffed grouse
Ohio’s ruffed grouse continue to decline, and a quick rebound is unlikely with habitat issues at the forefront of the birds’ decline.
Minnesota’s CWD-focused bill advances from House committee
The Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 8 passed House File 1202 and referred it to the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee. The bill addresses chronic wasting disease and
Michigan gains detailed data from mandatory online deer reporting
Last year hunters killed about 400,000 deer. If the 2022 season was similar, that means roughly 75% of the deer killed were registered.
Step-by-step instructions for building your own wood duck houses
Editor’s Note: The Wood Duck Society and the staff at Outdoor News agree that mounting wood duck houses on trees creates an unnecessary predation hazard for the birds.
Iowa workshop offered to teach everything about turkey hunting
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook wild turkey to adults.
The two-part workshop, scheduled from 6-9 p.m. on March 9 and
Young hunter’s Ohio 6-point may be world record-breaker
It wasn’t the buck David Yoder was chasing last fall, but the 6-point buck he ended up shooting might just make the record books.
Yoder’s long-tined 3×3 was officially scored by Buckmasters at 145
