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Film Your Own Hunts? Yes You Can! | Want to film your hunts for hunting shows or just to share with friends and family? This article will show you how to do it!
Catching movement out of the corner of my eye, I turned to see the mature 10-pointer trotting my way. I hit “record” and shi...
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Minnesota DNR license-buying system goes online Feb. 18 | From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Minnesotans who buy their hunting, fishing and other Department of Natural Resources (DNR) licenses at retail outlets will soon do so via a new electronic licensing system.
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NH seeking hunter education instructors | From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is looking for energetic people to join the crew of 500 volunteer instructors who have been helping teach Hunter Education in New Hampshire since the 1940s...
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NY holds wildlife watching events around state | From the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- Even in the chill of winter, New York’s Watchable Wildlife initiative is connecting people to nature by promoting dozens of activities to view, interact and appreciate nature.
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Points of Contention | By Mike Handley
-- Confused about how to measure whitetail antlers? Then you’d better not read “Rack Up the Points” in the February 2010 issue of Outdoor Life.
The one-page featurette, which attempts to show how a single set of antlers fares by the...
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Alabama’s 3-buck limit whitetail season is new ‘average’ | From the Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources
-- It may take a few more years to determine what an “average” deer season is with the advent of the three-buck limit for the 2007-2008 season. But, as far as Chris Cook, Alabama Wi...
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More Iowa trumpeter swans to move to Holla Bend Refuge | From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Another group of young Iowa trumpeter swans will move into a new winter home Feb. 10. It’s the third year of a scheduled three-year project to relocate swans in an attempt to encourage their migration.
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Kansas welcomes novice turkey hunters to clinic | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- On March 27, the Flint Hills Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education Program will conduct its 9th Annual Spring Turk...
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PA encourages Great Backyard Bird Count participation | From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are encouraging bird and nature fans throughout the state to join tens of thousands of everyday North American bird watchers for the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Coun...
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The Fall of Big Boy | By Brian Hill
-- It was my second year of hunting with a new club, and all the members and I were after a buck they had named Big Boy. Some of the guys told me they had been hunting him three years before I joined, so it was a smart, old buck. He te...
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Idaho mentored youth deer hunt a success | From the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
-- Last fall the Idaho Department of Fish and Game joined forces with local Salmon Region landowners to host the second annual mentored youth deer hunt.
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The Memorial Buck | By Michael Ruffing
-- It was the 2006 deer season in Pennsylvania. I was hunting with my dad, who’d I’d convinced to use a crossbow for the first time. I was carrying a muzzleloader, a flintlock.
When I met up with my father on the first evening of...
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So That’s Buck Fever? | By Thomas Carson
-- This isn’t your average hunting story of how I bagged a 13-point buck. To me, it is unbelievably funny. The average hunter might have a hard time believing the story, but I assure you that every word is true. While you read, keep...
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First of its kind Iowa jackrabbit study is big, hare-y deal | From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
-- A cooperative joint venture between Iowa DNR and Iowa State University hopes to capture and install radio transmitters on white-tailed jackrabbits living at ISU’s Agricultural Research Farm.
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Arizona elk and pronghorn application deadline Feb.9 | From the Arizona Game and Fish Department
-- The Feb. 9 application deadline to submit elk and pronghorn hunt applications is rapidly approaching – so don’t procrastinate, the Arizona Game and Fish Department advises.
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Nebraska plans reloading workshop Feb. 20 | From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- An ammunition reloading workshop will be held Feb. 20 at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium from 10 a.m. to noon, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
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Dirty Harry, Meet Really Filthy Harry | The first sign of their presence is several sets of ears moving through the tall understory of the piney north Florida woodlot. The white-tailed does are casually browsing their way past me through the loblolly and longleaf pine stand, back toward th...
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Two Shooters, One Buck of a Lifetime | By Randall Lamb
-- It was a cold, dry morning in 1986. Leaves crunched under my boots as I walked through the dark woods, bow on my shoulder.
I was 24 years old, and it was just my second year of deer hunting.
In the distance a screech owl announc...
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Texas seeks public comment on hunting/fishing changes | From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
-- Expansion of mule deer hunting opportunities tops a short list of proposed changes to the state’s hunting and fishing regulations the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering for 2010-2011.
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Hunting license sales up 3.5 percent in NSSF index of states | From the National Shooting Sports Foundation
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In a year when one word, "fewer," described life in America˜fewer jobs, fewer home sales, fewer purchases˜hunters were responsible for generating a welcome "more" category, as hunting license sales r...
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Website benefits ND hunter education students and graduates | From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
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A website designed to promote the importance of hunter education and gun safety benefits both potential students and graduates, according to Jon Hanson, hunter education coordinator for the North D...
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2010 New Hampshire moose lottery now open | From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- Lottery applications are now available for hunting moose in New Hampshire. The nonrefundable application fee is $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents.
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Delaware seeks feedback on new deer management plan | From the Delaware DNR and Environmental Control
-- A draft version of Delaware’s Deer Management Plan is the first plan ever produced for formally addressing the future of a deer herd that has grown into a state success story of wildlife restoration...
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Florida’s unique NW deer season continues Feb. 18-28 | From the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
-- If you live in the central or southern part of Florida and don’t mind hunting with a primitive weapon, then check out the Northwest Hunting Zone’s deer season. It's still going strong on ...
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The Bad News Buck | For my dad, getting up early on a cold morning, layering himself in camouflage and then sitting in a deer stand or duck blind rates right up there with breathing. He lives for (and because of) it!
Half his wardrobe is camo, and I guarantee that he g...
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Proper Shot Placement | By Bob Humphrey
-- The goal for every deer hunter is a quick, clean harvest. Ethically, it demonstrates respect for the game we pursue. Logically, it reduces the time and effort required to recover the animal, not to mention eliminating the wastef...
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Alabama trapping seminars look to preserve a dying skill | From the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
-- When Mike Sievering, supervising wildlife biologist for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division in the west central district, started trapping seminars three years a...
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W.Va. BOW program plans spring workshop April 23-25 | From the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources spring Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Workshop will be held at the Canaan Valley Resort State Park April 23-25.
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Proposed legislation could ban all ammunition in Vermont | From the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action
-- The Vermont House Fish, Wildlife & Water Resources Committee is currently considering legislation (H. 484) which could potentially ban the sale and use ...
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Mini-grants available for SD shooting sport programs | From the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department
-- Beginning Feb. 1, new shooting sport mini-grants will be available for organizations involved in shooting sports.
The grants from the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Depart...
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Pa. Proposes 2010-11 Hunting Seasons | From the Pa. Game Commission
-- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave preliminary approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2010-11, including broad changes to deer, bear, turkey and small game seasons.
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Pa. to Host Deer Management Open Houses | From the Pa. Game Commission
-- For the fourth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is hitting the road to bring six deer management open houses to communities throughout the Commonwealth beginning on Feb. 20 and ending on April 10.
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Kansas Landowner Incentive Program applications due March 31 | From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
-- Approximately $159,000 will be available in Kansas’ Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The program is designed to help protect and manage priority habi...
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Oklahoma kids can apply now for Wildlife Youth Camp July 11-16 | From the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
-- Applications are being accepted until April 16 for the annual Wildlife Youth Camp, designed to give youth an increased awareness of protecting and managing Oklahoma's wildlife resources. ...
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Arkansas elk harvest up from last year | From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Arkansas’s 2009 elk harvest was up five animals from last year’s season. During last week’s short meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, commissioners were provided a harvest report on the sta...
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Maine moose lottery permit applications available | From the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
-- For the past couple of years, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has encouraged hunters to apply online for the moose lottery through its website, www.mefishwildlife...
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NY tree and shrub seedling sale begins | From the New York Department of Environmental Conservation
-- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Saratoga Tree Nursery has begun taking orders for its annual sale of tree and shrub seedlings. Ordering will continu...
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North Dakota reduces spring turkey licenses | From the North Dakota Game and Fish Department
-- The state Game and Fish Department is offering 6,640 wild turkey licenses for the spring hunting season, down 495 from 2009.
The 7 percent decrease is a result of poor turkey production in the...
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Pennsylvania alters fertility control management policy | From the Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- During the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners annual meeting Jan. 26, the board approved a change in using fertility drugs as a wildlife management tool, recommended retaining the use of bait in ...
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Hunters Helping Hunters | Hunters Helping Hunters, Inc., a not for profit corporation that schedules events for the disabled, put on a hunt for Disabled Veterans January 22 & 23, 2010 at Mt. Pleasant, Florida. The nine hunters participated in the weekend h...
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That’s a Big Bird! Whooping it up | What is yellow-eyed, red-faced and considered a great dancer? A whooping crane!
The endangered whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America. Whooping cranes, also called whoopers, can be found in Canada, Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska and F...
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Wisconsin 2010 spring turkey hunt news round-up | From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
-- Season to run April 14 – May 23; Youth turkey hunt set for April 10-11
More than 149,000 permits will be issued for the spring 2010 Wisconsin wild turkey season through the spring...
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