
Steve Griffin: Hunting licenses are not claim checks
One of my best hunting days last fall, many might have considered a failure.
I was perched in a ladder stand watching a patch of woods I’d eyed many other days this autumn. On

One of my best hunting days last fall, many might have considered a failure.
I was perched in a ladder stand watching a patch of woods I’d eyed many other days this autumn. On

The National Deer Association released its annual deer report on Jan. 15 that takes a close look at nearly everything pertaining to whitetails, including detailed harvest and hunter information, from across the country.

Many states might have a deer-hunting law or two that leave hunters scratching their heads. But, for the most part, regulations are created for good reasons.
I typically don’t have a problem with Minnesota’s

School teachers who love to hunt receive the bulk of their vacation days during the wrong time of year. Sure, summers are nice for travel and recalibration, but they pale in comparison to spending time

Here in Minnesota, the last minutes of the 2025 deer season faded away on New Year’s Eve, and now most of us have moved on to other outdoor pursuits.
While deer hunting might be

Around this time last year, the DNR announced that deer permit areas 646, 647, and 648 in southeastern Minnesota had entered a new phase of infection – “endemic,” according to its chronic wasting disease response

My first thought upon looking at the photo of Zac Prickett’s non-typical buck for the first time was, “Man, that thing is gnarly!”
We detailed the story of how the big Ohio buck shot

Zac Prickett was fortunate enough to have two encounters this past fall with a massive buck he had been watching since last year.
The second such encounter paid off for Prickett on Nov. 1

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
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