Applications For Oklahoma 22nd Annual Wildlife Youth Camp
A week full of fun outdoor activities, conservation education and camaraderie is in store for up to 35 lucky teens selected to attend the 22nd annual Wildlife Youth Camp. Applications are now being accepted for this summer's once-in-a-lifetime event. "Campers...
A Dozen For Down Under
The 2019/2020 fire season in Australia has been catastrophic. The latest figures estimate 46 million acres have burned, 36 people died and a mind-boggling loss of 1 billion animals including some species that are on the brink of extinction. These numbers are growing...
Beware: Georgia License Site Scam
A scam license website has been detected by the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division. This site appears to be active in both North Georgia and on the coast. This scam website appears as an advertisement during a Google Search for “Georgia Fishing License.” The site...
The Appended And Annotated Gaddis-Webster Dictionary Of Sporting Lexicology
Noah Webster was obviously a learned man, dedicating his life to language, his name synonymous with “dictionary” in America, especially the “modern” Merriam-Webster version, published inaugurally within that notable ring from the human cambium, 1828. In the process,...
Record Number Of Anglers Achieve Cutt-Slam
A total of 144 anglers completed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Cutt-Slam in 2019. Established in 1996, the Cutt-Slam challenges anglers to catch the state’s four subspecies of cutthroat trout — Bonneville, Colorado River, Snake River and Yellowstone — in...
Nebraska Trout Slam
Nebraska truly is a state where east meets west and north meets south. The state has a great diversity of geography, climate, habitats, wildlife and fish. As a result, Nebraska anglers are blessed with opportunities to fish for a variety of warm-water, cool-water and...
New Mexico Trout Challenge Kicks Off
Anglers in New Mexico are very fortunate to have such diverse fishing opportunities, especially when it comes to trout. With six different trout species, all within a few hours of each other, catching several, or all of them, can be quite the challenge. In January...
Grizzly Trouble On The Thorofare
Wyoming’s Thorofare River, draining an area that is possibly the most remote region in the lower 48 states, is the Yellowstone River’s major feeder above Yellowstone Lake. I came to know the stream intimately in the 1980s thanks to involvement with an outfitter who...
Women Driving Hunting, Fishing Numbers In Wyoming
More women are hunting and fishing in Wyoming according to recent Wyoming Game and Fish Department license trend data. Over the past ten years, women’s participation in hunting has increased 30.5 percent and 14.4 percent for fishing. It’s a trend Game and Fish has...
Osage County, Missouri, Angler Sets Record For State-Record Fish
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently announced that Bryant Rackers of Bonnots Mill caught two more state-record fish. Rackers now holds state records for white perch and sauger, both of which he caught on the Osage River in November. Rackers has made...