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It's about more than the harvest
As I hunkered down trying to keep warm for opening morning of the Southern Zone big game season, I could see and hear my breath beneath a huge hemlock that stood tall in the middle
Bears basking in 'burbs befuddle hunters
It’s not a big surprise that the harvest from the first three days of this year’s bear season was lower than the record figure posted in 2011. After all, a record is tough to top.
Latest bighead carp in Lake Pepin highlights potential Asian carp disaster
The Minnesota DNR issued a press release Wednesday sharing the fact that another bighead carp has been found in Lake Pepin. (The complete text of the release is at the bottom of this blog.) Bigheads
Take care of your deer this shotgun season
The Ohio slug-gun deer season is upon us and with it is this plea to please take good care of your deer. Just yesterday, I drove home 700 miles from the western upper peninsula of
Albany effort should focus on our money
Each year, thousands of sportsmen go on a hunt. They’ve scouted the terrain and they know where the quarry is likely hidden. They practice and practice before heading into the unknown. They don’t know if
Wild entertainment from the treestand
Although rifle season has opened here in the Southern Tier, friends often ask me if I get bored waiting in a treestand during archery season. I always reply with an emphatic “no.” Admittedly, while standing
Gun hunters have solid first weekend
Although the number of deer taken during the first weekend of gun season far eclipsed last year’s total, few of those taken during the hunt were considered “trophy” bucks. Which suggests Illinois hunters are less-picky
Making the case for pre-ice crappies
Crappies definitely change locations after the summer, and earlier in the fall, they’re relating to green weed edges. When these weeds start to die off by early November, however, everyone forgets fall crappies. My advice?
Dam removal near OSU to change campus landscape
There’s a very interesting article in the November-December issue of the Ohio State Alumni Magazine about removal of a low-head dam on the Olentangy River near the Columbus campus. Anyone who attended OSU or frequents
