Mallard Tornado

Mallard Tornado

Mind-boggling numbers of mallards, mallards like blackbirds, tornadoes of mallards, more mallards than sky. Way down in October, in The Moon of Falling Leaves, me and Joe Merganser on the back loading dock of the farmer’s co-op elevator.  Joe Merganser was full-blood...
Hunt Season Closure Social Media Posts Are Hoax

Hunt Season Closure Social Media Posts Are Hoax

Despite false rumors floating around on social media, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish reassures New Mexico hunters the results of the 2020-2021 big-game draw will be released by April 29, 2020, if not earlier. Over the past week, there have been prank posts...
New Shed Antler Boundaries Now Law

New Shed Antler Boundaries Now Law

New regulations on shed antler and horn collection in Wyoming are now in effect. The updated regulation expands the seasonal closure area to include expanded critical wintering habitat and enact a new opening time of 12 noon on public lands. The annual closure is to...
Nest Predator Bounty Program Begins April 1

Nest Predator Bounty Program Begins April 1

South Dakota’s 2020 Nest Predator Bounty Program will begin on April 1. However, due to concerns of COVID-19, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) will not be accepting tails for the program until a later date. Participants are asked to freeze all tails...
Giants Of The Earth

Giants Of The Earth

A close encounter with a huge grizzly or brown bear can be an unforgettable experience—if you survive to remember it. Come the end of September, there are few places I’d rather be than in Last Chance, Idaho, so named because enlightened lodge owners incorporated a...
The Kanda Man-Eater

The Kanda Man-Eater

One can suffer a bad case of mixed emotions when trying to call in a man-killing tiger. However little faith we have in the superstitions we share with others—13 at a table, the passing of wine at dinner, walking under a ladder, and so on—our own private...
2020 Lanai Mouflon Sheep Hunting Season

2020 Lanai Mouflon Sheep Hunting Season

The State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, announced that applications for the 2020 Lanai mouflon sheep hunting season, together with instruction sheets, will be available at all Division of Forestry and Wildlife...