
Joe Shead: Why 2023 was my toughest Minnesota deer season ever
I knew things were bad last spring when I found uprooted cedar trees that weren’t eaten. Deer congregate in cedar swamps to endure deep snow.
As soon as a limb or an entire cedar

I knew things were bad last spring when I found uprooted cedar trees that weren’t eaten. Deer congregate in cedar swamps to endure deep snow.
As soon as a limb or an entire cedar

Now that we have spent the sporting goods store gift cards we received at Christmas, you might be wondering where does all that money go? While the manufacturers and retailers get much of the price

In 2019, shortly after retirement, Ted Koch became executive director of the North American Grouse Partnership. He’d previously worked 30 years as an endangered species biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Koch

It is easy to point to declining populations as the reason why fewer people hunt for small game today. Same thing with turkeys – which, until recently, it was believed that a drastic drop in

In a room cluttered with the memories of a life well lived, a snarling mountain lion glares down from a green wall. It was taken in Montana by New York native and outdoorsman Ed Kohler

Hunters across Michigan produced a good safety record in 2023.
Through all 12 months and several different hunting seasons, there was a total of just 10 firearms-related incidents (accidents) and no fatalities.
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New Year’s resolutions seem to be going out of style. Just as well, probably. Typically they’re promises to ourselves that are not kept. I know. I’m good at breaking resolutions.
As proof, the day

When I read the reader commentary in the Dec. 22 issue of Pennsylvania Outdoor News, I thought, “Wow – this guy makes sense.”
Wayne Bush of Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, was commenting about two Clearfield

I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions, mainly because if making them were something I cared about, I’d have done it by now.
Even when it comes to deer hunting, I generally don’t have
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