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Do treble hooks kill more fish than single hooks?
Reader email prompts a closer look at treble hooks.

Alum Creekend festivities set for June 11-12
Many events planned to celebrate opening of new marina.

Young deer face a dangerous path to survival
Fawns face many risks, a collection of hazards that may bring their demise before they even know that human hunters are dangerous, too.

Ohio spring turkey kill total ‘is down for several reasons’
Still, “it is encouraging to see that all indices suggest a strong class of turkeys was produced in 2021.”

No late-season gobbler, but….
This hunter bids farewell to gobblers until fall.

Project Squirrel: A fun citizen science project for everyone
The end goal of all this squirrel observing is to understand tree squirrel ecology better.

Spring turkey harvest up slightly in 2022
Fewer permits were sold for the 2022 Illinois spring turkey season.

Dying apple trees
Considering what’s happening to the ash, dogwood, beech, oak, and hemlock trees in our forests it appears it won’t be long before the wild apple trees disappear as well.

The 25-minute turkey hunt
Occasionally, when everything comes together nicely, an outdoors adventure may last minutes rather than hours. This was one of those occasions.