
Helpful tips for all trappers: setting up for next season
I’ve been trapping for almost 60 years and have made every equipment mistake in the book – and some the book has never seen.
Most have had to do with procrastination (my wife calls

I’ve been trapping for almost 60 years and have made every equipment mistake in the book – and some the book has never seen.
Most have had to do with procrastination (my wife calls

The steady and calm flow of the stream sounded like hundreds of marbles rushing down rocks. Watching the tinted water gave me a sense of tranquility, yet left me excited to find what was hiding

When Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 antlerless deer licenses go on sale alongside general hunting licenses in late June, far fewer people will be waiting in line.
And for most hunters, there won’t be a need.

Sometimes it is a long time between gobbles for a turkey hunter, kind of like a long time between bites for a fisherman. Our confidence wanes, especially poignant when on an out-of-state hunt.
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The Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its meeting earlier this month formally approved elk season lengths and quotas for the next two years that largely are unchanged from recent seasons.
The biggest change for

The Ohio Wildlife Council approved Ohio’s 2024-25 hunting and trapping seasons for white-tailed deer, migratory birds, small game, and furbearers during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 10, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR)

Michigan’s 2024 waterfowl hunting season will look very much like it did in 2023.
At its meeting earlier this month in Lansing, the state Natural Resources Commission voted unanimously to implement a proposal from

Walleyes on fire at Detroit; turkey numbers strong. A look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on April 19, 2024.

For Pennsylvania hunters still longing for a return to a Monday deer season opener, the Game Commission’s April 13 meeting was a bad news/good news affair.
First, the bad news: Commissioners approved opening day
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