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Short season, no tags filled
Well, that was a fast two weeks. After months and months of watching the poults grow and multiply and grow some more, it seems like we had only hours for our fall turkey season. A
Archery hunters registering solid numbers through three weeks
Bowhunters are slightly ahead of last year’s pace, according to harvest updates by DNR. Through Oct. 21, archers had taken 15,401 deer, up a bit from the 15,185 deer taken at the same point in
N.Y.'s knee-jerk reaction to CWD finding in Pa.
New York’s response to the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a single – one, count ’em, one – deer earlier this month, in a captive deer at that, and in the southernmost part of
Home, sweet home
We returned to the states earlier this month after two weeks in Europe visiting a friend. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity; one I just couldn’t turn down despite my having to miss
Fall turkey season opens in select counties
Columbus – Fall wild turkey hunting opened in 48 Ohio counties on Oct. 13, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. “The warm and dry spring resulted in
Seeing through binoculars
What kind of binoculars do you have in your pack? Before talking with Trent Marsh from Hawke Optics, the only thing I was aware of was magnification. Whether glassing for the elusive white-tailed deer on
Different type of hunter taking to deer woods in Illinois
With the archery season in full swing and the deer rut — and ultimately the annual shotgun season — on the horizon, a different genre of hunter is rising to the challenge of the Illinois
Is it time for a little initiative in Cook County?
Cook County has had the highest number of epizootic hemorrhagic disease cases in deer so far this year. Cook County also has the second largest population of humans in the U.S. Cook County is also
Outdoor writers converge on Niagara
After quite a bit of a variety of outdoor adventures that took me from Alaska to Missouri, it was time to settle back into my own little slice of the outdoors right here in Niagara
