Rifles Now Permanently Allowed For Hunting Here
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently signed a law permanently adding rifles to the list of implements authorized for big game hunting in Orleans County and a portion of Broome County...
California’s Hunters Encouraged To Purchase Ammunition Now
With California’s stringent new ammunition laws, California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is encouraging hunters to stock up on their favorite hunting ammunition sooner rather than later so as not to miss out on any hunting opportunities. New, more...
CWD Found In Deer West Of Continental Divide
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer hunt area 152, approximately 12 miles west of Bondurant on Willow Creek. The mule deer buck that tested positive was hunter-harvested. This is the first time CWD has been found in...
SC All-Time Antler Records Available
The complete listing of South Carolina’s antler records (pdf) is now available to the public online. The South Carolina white-tailed deer Antler Records Program was initiated in the spring of 1974 and since that time, 7,469 sets of antlers (7,167 typical and 302...
ELLIOTT COUES: Surgeon, Naturalist, Hunter And His Deer
Many of you may have heard Coues deer or the name Elliott Coues mispronounced as coos, cooz, cooeys or something else other than properly as “cows,” as in “wait ’til the cows come home.” Here in Arizona, he is known as the namesake of the diminutive but highly prized...
Jim Casada Wins Excellence In Craft Award
Sporting Classics’ Editor-At-Large, Jim Casada, was recognized by the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association with an Excellence In Craft Award in the electronic publication category for his article, “Of Catfish and a Smelly Old Codger,” that appeared on Sporting...
Minnesota Chooses New Paintings For Pheasant And Turkey Stamps
Mark Kness of Freeborn won the Minnesota Pheasant Habitat Stamp contest and Stephen Hamrick of Lakeville won the Turkey Habitat Stamp contest. Both of the annual contests took place Sept. 19 and are sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This was...
Choosing The Right Men’s Rain Boots
SPONSORED CONTENT Choosing the right men’s rain boots for certain conditions was thoroughly impressed upon me many years ago while filming a deer hunt on Quebec’s Anticosti Island. This boreal beauty in the mouth of the St. Lawrence River is literally a land...
Python Action Team’s Snake Is An 18-Foot Whopper!
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Python Action Team (PAT) has now removed 900 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida, including a large 18 foot, 4 inch long female python – the largest ever captured by the team. FWC PAT members Cynthia...
Hunter Walking Trails Help Get Into Grouse Hunting
Anyone who wants to try grouse hunting has an opportunity to access hunter walking trails that guide nonmotorized users through grouse habitat in northern and central Minnesota. “Hunter walking trails are a fun way to check out new areas and they do provide good...