When I started fishing for trout as a kid, around 1966, the minimum size for keeping trout was 6 inches. It stayed that way until the Pennsylvania Fish Commission increased the minimum length to 7
Preliminary results from the 2025 hunting seasons indicate that Michigan’s 644,000 hunters were relatively safe last year through all hunting seasons.
As of Jan. 8, the number of hunting incidents reported on the DNR’s
I wasn’t necessarily close to giving up saddle hunting after my first year trying it in 2018, but I left that season hoping I was missing something in terms of how to hunt comfortably.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirmed 41 cases of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in 2025, including three in counties with no previous positives.
Another four deer tested positive for tuberculosis out
I’ve lost track of the number of hunters I know who have bought a crossbow recently. With their approval for use during New York’s regular archery season, more hunters are embracing their use.
Their
While I’m not one to jump for joy at New Year’s, 2025 closed differently from most in my world. It ended in Nebraska, ringing in the new year alone in a motel room.
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife recorded only two accidents during the recent deer-gun season that ran Dec. 1-7.
The incidents occurred in Meigs and Putnam counties, according to Kandy Klosterman, executive administrator of law
Donations of venison to the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program might set a record for the second consecutive year, and the organization is asking for help to sustain the milestone pace.
During the 2024-25
They say even a blind squirrel finds an acorn, and this year, my acorn came in the form of a big-buck surprise.
I’d eagerly anticipated the regular firearms season in New York’s Southern Zone.
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