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How the Newest Generation of Whitetails Survives
Tony J. Peterson
A week ago, a buddy of mine sent me a picture of twin fawns lying on the forest floor. While scouring the woods for morels, he stumbled onto the pair. They couldn’t have been more than a few days old. These encounters are happening all over the whitetail’s range right now. If you’re lucky enough to...
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Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley
I love mushroom-filled ravioli, so I thought to add a few covetous morel mushrooms into ravioli this spring. With the addition of ground venison, you’ll get a meaty, satisfying meal. I use one of my favorite cooking shortcuts here: Instead of making homemade pasta, which is time-consuming and labor...
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How To Film Your Turkey Hunt With A Trail Camera
Tony J. Peterson
It wasn’t until I had both jakes pieced out and in the cooler that I realized I hadn’t taken a picture of my daughters and I with their birds. In the excitement of a double during a beautiful spring morning in Minnesota, I’d neglected to get the image that might mean the most to me in the future...
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How to Catch Spring Crappie
Kubie Brown
Whether you call them slabs, specks, calico, or sac-a-lait, there is no doubt that crappie are the most pursued and popular panfish in North America. With a range that extends from Southern Canada all the way to the Texas Panhandle, crappie are found in almost every state in the US. Though not quite...
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Now is a Great Time to Test your Hunting Gear
Adam Moore
Sure, it’s May, and some states still have open turkey seasons. The thought of deer or elk season is just a faint glimmer on the horizon. While it might seem like you have an endless amount of time until the next big game seasons roll around, you’ll wake up one day in September only to realize that...
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Ross Robertson
Any fisherman who isn’t still being carded for adult beverages can likely remember more than a few controversies with fishing technology. Way back, it was flashers, then GPS, then mapping, and then side imaging. Each of these advances had critics claim that it would ruin fishing or it was too...
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Massive Moose Poaching Bust Sees 20 Defendants Fined Over $200K
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Canadians don’t like anyone stealing their moose, but they especially don’t like it when the poachers are Americans. The Government of Ontario announced last week that it had fined 20 defendants a total of $178,400 and ordered them to pay $44,525 in surcharges for a variety of moose-hunting...
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How to Avoid the Crowds at Busy Campgrounds
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When we daydream of camping with our families, we often conjure up an image of our tent tucked into the shade of a couple of towering pine trees. There might be a lazy stream running nearby or possibly the shoreline of a placid lake where the waves softly lap upon the shoreline. We rarely envision...
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The Largest Typical Whitetail Ever Killed in Ohio was Poached, Prosecutors Say
Megan Plete Postol
Christopher “CJ” Alexander, whose name graced headlines in December after photos of him posing with an 18-point buck he harvested drew skepticism, has officially been indicted on 23 total charges, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, announced...
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What Whitetails Can Teach You About Hunting Ethics
Tony J. Peterson
Long before the first rays from the October sunrise slanted their way through the forest, I knew there were turkeys roosted all around me. That was exciting, because in addition to a couple of deer tags, I had a fall turkey license in my wallet. It wasn’t too deep into legal shooting light before I...
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Charging Grizzly Killed by Handgun-Wielding Shed Hunter
Jordan Sillars
A shed hunter shot and killed a sow grizzly bear last month as the 300-pound bruin charged him in western Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) reports that the incident occurred on private land northwest of the town of Wolf Creek. The shed hunter, who has not been identified, was walking...
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Should the Feds Manage Deer in the US?
Patrick Durkin
Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison think the federal government should lead the nation’s efforts on managing deer and elk. Why? They think hunters and state wildlife agencies aren’t controlling the herds’ impacts on society, other wildlife, and forest...
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Two American Hunters Facing Prison Time in Turks and Caicos for Ammo in Luggage
Jordan Sillars
Ryan Watson and Bryan Hagerich didn’t know each other before they got arrested and jailed in Turks and Caicos earlier this year, but now they’re making plans to go elk hunting together as soon as they return to the United States. Unfortunately, that first step–returning to the U.S.–feels like a...
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