
Another Look at the Classic Kentucky Long Rifle
The use and development of firearms has been vital to the survival and prosperity of our nation since the first permanent English colony was established more than 400 years ago in what is now Virginia.

The use and development of firearms has been vital to the survival and prosperity of our nation since the first permanent English colony was established more than 400 years ago in what is now Virginia.
Top: David Chidsey, of Macomb, shot a beautiful 6-by-6 European red stag during a hunting trip in Romania.

The Minnesota DNR was out testing thousands of deer in the state’s CWD management and surveillance zones this past weekend as the firearms deer season kicked off.
The testing results from those deer are

Bears from the southern U.P. that have access to cornfields tend to pack on more pounds than those farther north.

We have been actively involved with resource issues as far back as Proposal G, the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Act, the Statewide Deer Plan, U.P. DAT, U.P. CWD Task force, U.P. Habitat Work Group, to

A lot of new hunters wrongfully assume that because a deer was shot with a shotgun or a rifle that the deer just tips over.

“We were stunned to find out how many of these eggs were fertilized, but for various reasons, including hens being killed or bumped off nests, they failed to hatch,” said Richard Gerhold, associate professor at

Our previous hunts near home in south-central Minnesota had been largely uneventful, resulting in only a young, barely-colored rooster.

For thousands of Minnesota deer hunters, the past several days have been a whirlwind. They are the lucky few that were in the right place at the right time – they shot their dream bucks.
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