Danny Rinella’s High Country Moose Hunting

Words by Danny Rinella Set up camp near a hill or knob that gives you good visibility over a huge area and plan to spend a lot of time up there glassing.  In the alpine country, it’s not unusual to spot moose several miles away.  Needless to say, good ‘nocs and spotting scope are a must. If you’re in an area with other hunters, set your camp at least a couple miles away.  Alpine moose hunting takes place over huge areas, if you don’t give other...

Hunting Seasons May Have Ended this Ailment

Ruffed grouse are widely considered one of the more delectable upland game birds. But did you know they might also be poisonous? Odd as it seems, there is a fairly extensive—and largely forgotten—body of medical literature detailing unfortunate souls who have been poisoned by eating ruffed grouse. Curiously, these poisonings dropped off with the invention of hunting seasons, which protected grouse when they happen to pose the largest risk. A...

North Carolina May Reconsider Sunday Hunting Ban

The Tar Heel State is considering measures that could loosen its 150-year-old prohibition against hunting on Sundays. The ban, enacted in 1869, was the subject of a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission survey that began circulating the internet on Jan. 17 and culminated on Feb. 2. By issuing the survey, the commission hoped to gauge support among public land users for either abolishing or maintaining restrictions on Sunday hunting within...