Opinions
Waiting for a new MN DNR commissioner
We’re still waiting to hear who Gov.-elect Mark Dayton will appoint to lead the Minnesota DNR. Here’s betting we’ll know in the next few days, just in time for the 2011 DNR Wildlife and Fisheries
Target practice as close as your living room?
I’m not exactly a tech junkie. However, if a gadget deals with hunting equipment, archery, or guns, my interest peaks. So, when I was reading Women and Guns magazine, and I found a product that
Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees named
The Illinois Conservation Foundation has named the four inductees for the 2011 class of the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame. Dr. Thomas C. Dunston, Dr. David Kenney, Bob Long, Jr. and Ed Mullady were selected
Northern pike early ice locations
During early ice, weedlines are very productive. We still have some green weeds producing oxygen, so this sets up a food web. Green weeds are key, so generally, these fish are going to be shallower,
The Loneliness of the Late-Season Deer Hunter
A person either has to love archery hunting or else is in desperate need to finish filling the freezer to brave the cold, snow, and spooky deer typically encountered during what’s called “the late season.”
Deer Study Yields Interesting, Puzzling Results
It simply defies logic. An ongoing study by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to gauge the impact of the split buck and doe rifle season has yielded some interesting, and puzzling, data. Jim Stickles, the PGC’s
Where are the Cougars?
As the 2010 hunting season draws to a close, I sit at my computer preparing my first blog for the Illinois Outdoor News and a simple question comes to mind: Where are the cougars of
Time to Rethink the Rules for Ohio Gun Deer Hunters
PCRs – pistol-cartridge rifles – are not P.C., politically correct, in Ohio for deer-gun season and it is time to rethink that. In fact, the time is past due to revisit the entire issue of
Time to Praise Wildlife Officials
Here’s a novel approach: In an age where it’s the norm to criticize our state wildlife agencies for everything under the sun (sometimes deserved, sometimes not), one of those agencies would actually like us to
