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Pitfalls of buying hunting equipment on the cheap
Don’t be cheap or cut corners when you are buying hunting equipment.

Final deer kill tally checks in just above 180,000
Last year, 188,329 deer were killed during all hunting seasons

Deer season’s over, but keep in touch with your hunting camp buddies
What can be better during the off season than getting together with fellow deer hunters? Myself and the crew I hunt with, the Iron Sight Gang, make it a point every winter to do just

14 Wisconsin conservation groups asked legislators for targeted license increases
Increases in six licenses or stamps, along with pulling sportsmen’s dollars from commercial fisheries, would provide an estimated $14.8 million for the DNR

The traveling angler: Lesmeister’s Maui fishing program
Taking a break from ice fishing in Minnesota, the author targets saltwater species like puffer and grouper with hook and line.

Deer hunters left to answer important question: Are feral hogs back in Illinois?
How many feral hogs are roaming around in Illinois and do they pose a threat?

Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board takes up railroad issue, asks for return to foot-traffic crossing of rails
Natural Resources Board also polling sportsmen on question of creating a muskie tagging system that would limit anglers to keeping just one muskie per season

Angler debate: catch and release versus catch and drop in the grease
What can you do to help promote selective harvest?

For lesser cuts of venison, make a great stew
There are dozen if not hundreds of ways to cook prime cuts of venison, but what do you do with the tougher cuts like the neck and shanks besides grinding them for hamburger?