‘Local legend’ buck survives icy ordeal in Red Lake River
Volunteer fire department saves the impressive whitetail after breaking through thin ice near Thief River Falls.
Deer
Game check system failure complicates opening-day harvest
Hunters reported 32,870 deer as of Tuesday of gun week.
Deer kill numbers up more than 14% over 2021
All four deer management zones showed harvest increases from 2021 for both antlered and antlerless harvests, with the Central Forest Zone up more than 30%.
Will the late season be great this year?
To complain about the Northern Zone deer season this year, mainly in the Adirondacks, would be absurd as overall our group – the Iron Sight Gang – has a had a pretty good season. We started off on the right foot, taking a pair of decent bucks opening weekend and a few smaller ones since. Although as of this writing…
Ohio online check system experiences difficulties on opening day
Division of Wildlife says those issues have been corrected.
Crazy Pennsylvania weather frustrating for deer hunting
Gun season will be better – hopefully without all this crazy weather.
Deer keds a nuisance
My buddy Dave shot a deer this past bow season and was skinning it when I stopped by. Be careful about any ticks,” I told him. Dave had the hide just about off and told me there seemed to be quite a few until a neighbor stopped by and said what he was looking at weren’t engorged deer ticks but…
Tips for successfully hunting state game lands in Pennsylvania
You can escape the crowd but you won’t be alone.
Deer kill numbers spike despite dip in license sales
In total, 103,623 deer were registered statewide during the opening weekend of the 2022 gun deer hunt, compared to the 90,023 registered for the same period in 2021.
Ohio youth deer hunt sees huge spike in harvest numbers
The two-day special youth hunting season concluded with 9,515 deer harvested, up from 7,632 last year and the three-year average of 6,559.
Upping your odds of shooting a buck in Pennsylvania this year
Knowing the odds will help increase your chances of bagging a buck this year.
Tips for hunting pressured deer in Pennsylvania and beyond
When hordes of hunters hit the woods, deer behavior changes.
Tough hunting in warm weather, but that’s changing
I recall Veteran’s Day of last year (2021) very well. I spent a few hours in the woods that morning and the remainder of the day working — from my front porch. It was so warm I posted a photo on Facebook of my yard from my “porch office” as I like to call it, noting that a cooler weather…
CWD suspected in wild deer in Bemidji area for first time
The adult buck was harvested opening weekend of the firearms season about 10 miles south of Bemidji in deer permit area 184.
Hunting essentials
The nice thing about this blogger’s essentials is that they all fit into the pockets of his hunting coat so there’s no need to carry a backpack.
Unusual heat not good for serious bowhunting
Hot afternoons and warm mornings muddle archery hunters during the rut.
Bucks of summer sure look different now
As the rut approaches, appearances change.
As season changes, it’s time to make some rut adjustments
The best part of bowhunting season is November in Pennsylvania.
No changes for crossbow regs as New Yorkers start Southern Zone season
Roy Letcher of Newfane, N.Y., ventured south into Pennsylvania this fall to use his crossbow earlier than in his home state and scored on this nice buck.If you have never used a crossbow for target shooting or for hunting big game, you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try. They are fun to shoot, can be…
Harvest Kitchen Series: Deer Bacon Haluski
Novel use of venison in Pennsylvania and beyond.
The crossbow: one hunter’s take
If expanded crossbow seasons help keep our fellow hunters going, while at the same time inspires others to take up or expand on this great heritage of deer hunting, then this hunter is all for it.
Bowhunters out of the gate quickly
Ohio archery hunters post significant gains in early going.
CWD in wild Illinois deer hits high mark
Disease prevalence rate for deer taken by hunters was 4.5%.
Deer food buyer beware: misconceptions and myths
Deer baits and food ‘supplements’ are readily available but, in most instances, are illegal to use in Illinois.
Can’t pass up opening day
I got up early on Sept. 27, which with the next issue of New York Outdoor News in the works, would be a busy day. But it was also opening day of the Northern Zone archery season, and I can think of few times in my 30+ years of bowhunting that I’ve missed out on being in a treestand or ground blind…
Pennsylvania Game Commission tables adjustments to antlerless license limit
Proposal would have made changes to a hunter’s personal limit of antlerless deer licenses and the number of licenses that could be purchased once over-the-counter sales of remaining tags begin in September.
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