Now that the firearms deer hunting season is over and the holidays are upon us, it’s an appropriate time to point out that Pennsylvania is the only state that still offers a primitive flintlock season,
Michigan hunting and fishing license sales remained relatively stable in 2025, with deer license sales similar to last year and a roughly 1% decline in fishing licenses sold.
A total of 1,433,630 unique customers
The Missouri Department of Conservation last week announced regulation changes to spring turkey hunting that will reduce the nonresident harvest limit from two bearded turkeys to one.
Nonresident landowners will maintain a harvest limit
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that the 2026 firearms deer season in Suffolk County will begin Sunday, Jan. 4, and continue through Jan. 31, 2026.
New for the 2026
Fifteen minutes after squeezing the trigger, I was dumbfounded. The shot at the buck was only a little more than 50 yards and my crosshairs had been squarely on its shoulder.
As it ran
Michigan hunters registered 129,471 whitetails through the DNR’s mandatory online registration system during the 16-day firearms deer season.
That’s down approximately 2.8% from last year’s firearms season harvest. This year’s total includes 81,344 bucks
Ice anglers fishing in UP, still waiting in Lower. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 12, 2025.
The weather provocateurs on the local TV news were giddy with anticipation last week, beating the drums like over-caffeinated jazz percussionists about the prospects of a second snowstorm in roughly a week.
A “long-duration
I remember the first time I saw the imaging from a study investigating lead fragmentation on shot game.
The area of impact was obvious on the gray and blue slide, a neat bullet hole
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