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Deer, hunters, thriving in Franklin County park
Whitetails are thriving in and around the last remaining public hunting grounds in Franklin County, as a result of a management strategy that encourages both archers and gun hunters, according to John Watts, resource manager
New York’s monster muskies
My first musky was a memorable catch, as it should be. I was a junior at Starpoint Central School in Pendleton, finding my niche with other fishermen on the baseball team. Senior Paul Kennedy
Pimp My Paradox Gun (Improving My
Friday of the second Illinois firearm deer season had dawned as a beautiful day for hunting. After watching a parade of a dozen does and fawns wander through the wooded hollow below my ladder-stand, I
Muzzleloading season bountiful for state’s hunters, archers trying to keep pace
Muzzleloader hunters killed 4,827 deer over the weekend, topping last year’s total of 3,328. That’s still far below the state record of 5,973 killed during the 2006 season, but is still considered good news for
Small game, weather permitting
There are a lot of reasons why I’d be perfectly content to get through this North Country winter without much beyond a dusting of snow here and there to whiten things up a bit, notably
Presenting your ice offering properly
First let’s chat about bobbers. A bobber is great because it allows us to immediately check the mood of the fish. The size of your bobber, which is a strike indicator and depth setter, is
A quick check on deer
Another firearms deer season is in the bag. My little group had a pretty darn good year, but that, of course, is a small sample size. Statewide, the numbers show a deer season that was
Man forfeits $1,300 in hunting gear
London, Ohio – A Columbus man forfeited $1,300 in archery gear and lost hunting privileges for a year after pleading guilty on Monday, Dec. 5, to multiple state wildlife violations, stemming from a Nov. 12
Sunday hunt sausage being made right now
I remember three decades or so ago, as a young newspaper reporter, asking a veteran state representative from my hometown district about the “negotiations” behind a solid waste disposal bill that was moving in Harrisburg.
