Hunting
CWD, deer farms are targeted in Minnesota legislation
A House bill was introduced Feb. 2 that would ramp up testing for chronic wasting disease in farmed cervids, would place a moratorium on new deer farms, and eventually would transfer oversight of those farms
Commentary: 88% of national deer harvest is on private land
“Most of America’s 600 million acres of public land are in the West, yet proportionally few hunters are residents of those states,” said Kip Adams, NDA chief conservation officer and one of the report’s authors.
During a long, snowy, cold winter, how will pheasants fare?
When we arrived at a state wildlife management area, the adjacent fields were full of birds digging out feed from an unplowed beanfield. It seemed that everywhere we looked there were birds were feeding across
Minnesota DNR discourages pheasant feeding despite snowy winter
Feeding wildlife can create a number of problems. For pheasants, it can draw them out of thick cover, which makes them vulnerable to predators, more susceptible to disease, and more at risk for injury or
Gear & Gadgets: Top hunting and fishing gear
Swimming with a slow body roll and an exaggerated tail swing, Storm Largo Shads feature boot-tails that produce strike-inducing action on both the retrieve and during free fall.
Game and Fish Director Jeb Williams takes a look at North Dakota outdoors
As North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director Jeb Williams works into his second calendar year leading the agency, he takes a look in the rearview mirror and also offers insight on challenges and important
Apologizing for error in prior column on firearms
boy-oh-boy, I am offering all of you loyal readers a huge mea culpa here and now. It’s not that I don’t write things that I need to apologize for, from time to time, but the
How to make sense of whitetail senses
In most areas, man is their most common predator.
Whitetails have a more advanced sense of smell, sight, and hearing than
humans. By the end of their first season of being hunted, deer
Decoy clubs join forces to create huge carving and collectables shows in Ohio this March
Two shows on the same weekend at the same location make this the largest in-person collecting and carving event in the Midwest, according to the two organizations.
