
Ohio’s 2025 turkey poult index a tick below average
Before you have adult gobblers to hunt in Ohio, you must first have baby gobblers being “mothered” by adult hens months before the season.
And the Ohio Division of Wildlife built a long time

Before you have adult gobblers to hunt in Ohio, you must first have baby gobblers being “mothered” by adult hens months before the season.
And the Ohio Division of Wildlife built a long time

I’ve always been a follower of science-based wildlife management, and over the years have generally been supportive of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s decision-making when it comes to season setting, bag limits and other regulations.

Oaks are having a moment in parts of Penns Woods, producing bumper crops of mast not seen in years.
In general, though, wildlife will find mixed yields of nuts, seeds, berries and fruits from

Break the flock, scatter and call – that is the standard practice for most fall turkey hunters in Pennsylvania – the few that remain. Since 1990, the number of participants for fall turkey season has

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recommended some of the most significant changes to spring turkey season since almost ever.
The Natural Resources Commission is expected to act on the recommendation at its

Big changes are in store for turkey hunting during the spring of 2026 if the Michigan Natural Resources Commission approves a DNR proposal. The recommendation was presented for information and public comment at the NRC’s

A turkey hunter allowed his temptation to override his ethics this past spring. A bystander decided to report the situation to Wisconsin DNR Conservation Warden Dylan Belisle – in person.
Belisle was in southern

September 22, 2025. It is the equinox when the sun is directly over the equator with equal length of day in the northern and southern hemisphere marking the beginning of spring in the southern hemisphere

Lakeville artist Stephen Hamrick won the Minnesota pheasant stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a pheasant. The winner was selected Oct. 2 from eight eligible submissions. Second place went to Matt Linz, of Ramsey,
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