Utah Antlerless Deer and Elk Hunts
Want some local elk or deer meat? Apply for antlerless hunts, starting May 28 If putting locally sourced, nutritious meat on the table while enjoying Utah's beautiful outdoors sounds good to you, take note that the application period for Utah's 2020 antlerless...
Oregon Big Game Raffle Tickets Available Until May 30
Want a chance to hunt big game for months and during the rut—or a rare chance to hunt for a bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain goat? Big game raffle tickets are on sale until May 30 at 6 p.m. online at MyODFW’s licensing page and at license sales agents. Raffle tags won...
Sunday Shenanigans: The Law
When modern deer hunting seasons were first established in Georgia during the late 1950s and early '60s, it was against the law to hunt on Sunday in many (if not all) Georgia counties. Sometimes these laws were enforced and sometimes they weren't, depending on the...
A Wish Granted: 3 Days at Patagonia’s Tipiliuke Lodge
In a three-day span I'd stalked a red stag, fished for browns and rainbows, then ended up with an exciting hunt for boar. I enjoyed them all at Tipiliuke. Sam Nede arrived at the beach well before daylight. Here on Captiva Island the shell hunters would soon be out in...
Michigan Man Charged: 125 Wildlife Crimes
A Chippewa County, Michigan man is charged with 125 wildlife crimes following DNR investigation. A 56-year-old Pickford man was arraigned Wednesday morning in Chippewa County’s 91st District Court on 125 wildlife misdemeanor charges, following a months-long...
Kansas DWPT Donates 2,000 Pounds of Elk and Bison Meat to Local Food Banks
In a time when “every little bit helps,” the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s (KDWPT) Public Lands Division has found a big way to help those in need. KDWPT’s Public Lands staff donated 2,137 pounds of elk and bison meat to seven food banks across...
Arizona Big Game Super Raffle Offers “Early Bird” Prizes
The deadline to enter the 15th annual Arizona Big Game Super Raffle is still three months away, but May 31 is the last day to be eligible to win the “early bird” prize for May — one of five Vortex Ranger 1800 Laser Rangefinders. For each online order for raffle...
Nebraska Man Sentenced to Jail for Deer Violations
A 29-year-old Phelps County man was sentenced May 13 to jail time in Phelps County Court after being convicted of multiple deer hunting violations. Nebraska conservation officers had investigated Arthur Underwood, Jr. for multiple hunting violations during the 2019...
NRA’s Steel Magnolias
Meet some of the women who are infusing the NRA with high-octane energy, fresh thinking and the power of the purse...all with a feminine touch. The nickname "steel magnolias" first imprinted on the rest of the world by way of the 1989 movie of the same name, studded...
The Captain and Me
Fifty years later, the old men were boys once again. I suppose there was a time when the Captain and I did not know one another, when he did not call me a smart ass, but neither of us can recall when that might have been. We are about half senile now, or at least we...