by Larry Weishuhn | Nov 6, 2019
Q. Larry, last week you wrote “Genetics determines shape and size of antlers. Genetic antler potential can only be attained with good daily nutrition and achieving maturity. But realize too, a smaller antlered buck bred to the ‘right’ doe could produce offspring with...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 6, 2019
Black Bear hunters in Wisconsin have long recognized the importance of the data they provide from harvested bears to the long-term health and sustainability of the state’s black bear population. Each year, successful hunters report the sex of their bear and the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 5, 2019
The Division of Fish and Wildlife is advising hunters, as well as anyone who spends time outdoors, to take precautions against mosquito bites as the first reported case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in deer in New Jersey has recently been documented in Winslow...
by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Nov 5, 2019
I had just finished graduate school and, as a gift to myself, I arranged to meet with friends in Colorado for my first western elk hunt. I flew from Detroit (elevation 646 feet) to Denver (elevation 5,373 feet) in a little under three hours. I then made the three-hour...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 4, 2019
Georgia’s Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) is a new program dedicated to assisting hunt clubs and landowners manage deer on private lands. DMAPs are not a new concept in the Southeast. In fact, more southern states have them than not. This program gained...
by Ron Spomer | Nov 4, 2019
On the largest Pacific island this side of New Zealand, the best way to hunt its huge beachcombing bears is by boat. The bear, rotund and grazing like an angus heifer, didn’t hear the purring of the 25-horse outboard, didn’t detect the splash of rubber boots hitting...
by Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. | Nov 1, 2019
Protect your family from ticks – and Dad! When you venture outdoors with your family, you will likely encounter ticks and other potentially harmful parasites. Ticks and the like tend to climb up your legs to the most vulnerable and intimate of places, secret places...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 1, 2019
According to the Quality Deer Management Association’s 2019 Whitetail Report, approximately 60 percent of Arkansas deer hunters each year check at least one deer. This success rate is the fourth-highest for deer hunters in the nation. Considering more than 350,000...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 31, 2019
If you hunt outside of Florida, please be aware of new requirements related to importing deer carcasses into Florida to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spreading into the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) issued Executive...
by John Ross | Oct 30, 2019
Seldom do hunters pair superlative upland gunning – pheasants, chukar and quail – with Sonoma County or the Napa Valley. The region’s reputation seems reserved for wines, but around 1900, about 50 years after the first commercial vintners were established, ringnecks...
