by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 24, 2019
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is partnering with the Center for Conservation Social Sciences (CCSS) at Cornell University on a survey of roughly 1,800 randomly-selected black bear hunters to learn more about their activities, interests and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 23, 2019
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently announced locations of newly available properties enrolled in the Public Access Program. The Public Access Program provides seasonal hunting and fishing opportunities on Colorado trust land across the state. Blue Lake –...
by Larry Weishuhn | Oct 23, 2019
Q: Larry, it’s important to me to shoot only mature animals, so I’d like to be able to judge the age of whitetail deer before I shoot. I understand that the size of a buck’s antlers is not a good way to judge because after a certain age antler growth tends to...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 22, 2019
Tennessee youth have the opportunity to participate in mentored deer hunts. These Tennessee Wildlife Federation Hunting and Fishing Academy events link youth and their accompanying parent or guardian with trained, lifelong hunters and anglers who serve as mentors for...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 21, 2019
Lasting heat of summer and stable conditions paid off for Arkansas hunters lucky enough to draw a tag in the 2019 alligator season. Of 147 tags available, 84 hunters managed to successfully take an alligator during the two-weekend season. The harvest is on par with...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 20, 2019
Hunters in Florida now have an online option to comply with new deer harvest reporting requirements. You can log (Step 1) your harvest using a paper deer harvest log and report (Step 2) with the new FWC Deer Harvest Reporting Online Tool. Hunters still have the option...
by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Oct 17, 2019
The back biter is orneriness incarnate. Given half an opportunity, this horse will gladly latch onto an arm or leg and stare impassively at you as you try to wrest your limb from its teeth. My first piece of advice regarding this animal is that horses never smile. If...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 17, 2019
Wet habitat and access conditions make scouting even more important this Minnesota deer season. Nearly half a million Minnesota firearms deer hunters are preparing for the season that opens Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 and offers opportunity to spend time with friends and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 16, 2019
Deer hunting enthusiasts must apply by 4:00 PM on Friday November 1, 2019 to hunt for the new season. The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces that application forms for the 2020 Lana’i axis deer hunting season, together with instruction sheets,...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 16, 2019
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists estimate that there are just over 370,000 mule deer in Utah, which is about 100,000 additional deer than were in the state in 2011. “Over the last three years, we’ve had the highest deer numbers in Utah in 25 years,” DWR...
