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Pheasants Forever has released its 2015 Pheasant Hunting Forecast and based on late summer surveys, improved pheasant hunting opportunities will be found in all major pheasant hunting states. Boosted by mild weather and improved nesting […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced they will invest another $211 million in support of greater sage-grouse conservation on private lands through the Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) over the next […]
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever is taking its annual celebration of upland hunting, National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, to Kansas City on February 19, 20 & 21, 2016. The event will be hosted at […]
From all indications, the Iowa pheasant population is on the upswing. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the Hawkeye state had an average snowfall that was four inches below normal. This lower amount of […]
Billings Gazette reported: The governors of Wyoming and Montana say a federal plan to protect the greater sage grouse is far more restrictive than Western states’ own programs to help the struggling species. Wyoming Gov. […]
Squirrel hunting is not the national past time it once was, but it is a fun way to sharpen shooting and hunting skills well before the deluge of fall hunting seasons arrive. With the right […]
Today the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released its fiscal year 2016 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill, which provides funding for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Rabbit hunting is about as fun as it gets when it comes to hunting small game. Memories of my childhood days, when all I had to do was grab my single shot Stevens 12-gauge shotgun, […]
A $75,000 reward is being offered by Canadian mink producers for information regarding the overnight release of 1,500 nursing female mink from a farm just east of St. Marys. The incident occurred this past weekend, […]
Summer time is definitely dominated by fishing season, which is great. I love fishing, but don’t count hunting out just yet! A lot of people have the misconception that the summer months have nothing to […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took a critical step forward in ensuring the future of the greater sage grouse today, when the agency released plans to amend nearly 100 resource management plans (RMPs) across […]
House lawmakers from the Committee on Natural Resources will meet tomorrow to discuss the states’ management role in sage-grouse conservation efforts. In this oversight hearing, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Senior Scientist
Sportsmen’s groups are deeply concerned with bills introduced in Congress yesterday that would give states the management authority over current or future sage-grouse restoration efforts, including those on federal lands. While still reviewing the details […]
I’ll be the first to admit when it comes to the products I buy, the colors I wear, and the activities I participate in, I fall in line with what’s considered a “gender norm.” I […]
Sleet and snow stung my face. A foot of powder covered the ground and the wind whipped through the spruce forest. For a moment I let my thoughts drift to the low country, where spring […]
Ultimate Upland founder Brian Koch partnered with author and outdoor columnist Christine Cunningham to introduce a petition for the first federal stamp for upland habitat conservation. Koch and Cunningham co-authored the article, “It’s Time for […]
Gamo Outdoor USA (www.gamooutdoorusa.com) in partnership with Buckmasters organization is bringing back the “sequel” of the highly successful, ratings breaker Hunting event/TV show from 2014, the “Squirrel Master Classic” on its 2015 edition. The “Squirrel […]
Volunteers with Michigan United Conservation Clubs and local Department of Natural Resources staff members recently spent a day together giving “hare cuts” on public land in the Grayling Forest Management Unit as part of an […]
New Jersey sportsmen’s dollars are being stretched a little further thanks to the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Work Boots on the Ground (WBOTG) program and a group of dedicated union volunteers. Replicating a successful project […]
Way back in the olden days when I first started hunting with my father, two of the older men in camp would light out at night with their hounds for a few hours to hunt […]
Just what is this animal the woodcock? Why is not a major hunting species? It is the hunter’s ultimate challenge but not really well known out of the eastern states. Hunters seek game animals ranging […]
Most coon hunting is done behind hounds. But, it is possible to hunt them alone without dogs. Calling one in is particularly challenging. They are extremely cautious. Often hunters get in a hurry and repeat […]
The Delmarva fox squirrel, which has been endangered since 1967, is coming off the list. The squirrel, which has slowly been reappearing in the forests and farmland along the Eastern Shore after an aggressive transfer […]
The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division’s Enforcement Section recently confiscated a gray squirrel and several southern flying squirrels from an individual in Bibb County. The confiscation resulted in an uproar on social media […]
Chasing this ghostly king of the treetops is a small game hunting challenge that requires careful planning. All too often the quarry is underestimated. In southern Illinois there is an abundance of squirrels and public […]
Sportsmen cautiously optimistic regarding management plan for sustaining populations of the game bird on public lands in central Wyoming. A new Bureau of Land Management plan for public lands important to greater sage-grouse makes progress […]
As the Western Governors Association’s annual summer meeting commences this morning, sportsmen are urging a collaborative approach to conservation of a species emblematic of the American West, the greater sage-grouse, whose declining population numbers could […]
It’s the biggest squirrel cooking contest, new long range ammunition, and more, this week on Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk® Radio, the original nationally-syndicated radio talk show about guns and the shooting sports. Squirrels Unlimited is […]
It’s 9,500 miles from West Texas to South Africa. But both places are home to wildlife species joined in a struggle that pits local, on-the-ground conservation measures against the world’s most suffocating bureaucracy in Washington […]
California is home to two new Quail Forever (QF) chapters and one new Pheasants Forever (PF) chapter. Residents from San Diego County formed the San Diego QF chapter, Bakersfield residents formed the South Valley QF […]
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) national outdoor TV series, Brotherhood Outdoors, takes Wess Ringgold, and his son Josh Ringgold, both of Maryland, on an Iowa pheasant hunt, Sunday, March 16, at 11 a.m. ET, on […]
Multiple oil and gas companies are voluntarily enrolling nearly 1.5 million acres of land under a plan to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken. This represents the first enrollment in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan, developed […]
Pheasants Forever’s (PF) mission work in Minnesota improved wildlife habitat on more than 70,000 acres in 2013, conservation projects that are simultaneously preventing soil erosion and improving water quality. PF held its annual state meeting […]
It was one of those perfect upland moments. The ruffed grouse flushed from the wild grapes with Callie, my English springer spaniel, snapping at its tail feathers. As those panicked wing beats broke the stillness […]
Stealth and a change in hunting tactics are keys to solo pheasant hunting. Solo pheasant hunting is a challenge but by following some special patterns, it can prove successful. Pheasant hunting is usually a social […]
Hunting doves is not as popular as say, hunting deer. But anytime you can be out in the woods is time well managed. Doves are hunted in 40 states, with Michigan being the only Midwestern […]
A concerted effort that spanned Italy and the U.S. has produced a magnificent 20-gauge over/under from the workshops of Luciano Bosis and master engraver Stefano Pedretti to help fund research into the preservation of Southeastern […]
Blazing fall colors and the dull ones that follow are sure signs of quail season. Humans and canines take to the field in search of a short, plump bird about 10 inches long and weighing […]
Each August the temperatures of summer begin to cool in preparation for fall and the hunting seasons. Days get shorter and the night cooler. Doves begin to move about as the young of the year […]
As the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee convenes a series of field hearings focusing on the precarious situation faced by greater sage grouse populations in the Rocky Mountain West, sportsmen are promoting proactive management […]
A New Mexico gun shop that sponsored a controversial coyote hunting contest last year plans to stage another competition aimed at prairie dogs. Gunhawk Firearms in Los Lunas, N.M. will host the hunt from Aug. […]
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission met in Nashville Thursday and Friday to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s federal framework for the 2013-14 waterfowl hunting seasons and several questions were raised concerning […]
Learn about the exciting sport of snowshoe hare hunting at a free workshop being offered at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, N.H. The workshop will take […]
Nine New England cottontails that were born and raised in captivity now call New Hampshire home. They are here as a result of a major effort among six states to restore their population and protect […]
Louis Dakil thinks the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation should close quail season. The owner of Dakil Auctioneers in Oklahoma City fears that bobwhite quail are traveling down the same path of the lesser prairie […]
Deer, turkey and duck hunting are best done “on the sit.” While hiding and waiting motionlessly in silence is an effective tactic for these animals, it’s a challenge if you have a lot of energy. […]
The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is the unified range-wide strategy of 25 state wildlife agencies, with numerous conservation group and research institution partners, to achieve widespread restoration of native grassland habitats and huntable populations […]
Jason Robinson broke into a big grin as he flew over central Tooele County recently. Below him were the most chukar partridge seen by Division of Wildlife Resources biologists in the area since 2006. “I […]
Four new firearms were given away this summer to lucky recipients who took part in Fish and Game’s Small Game and Ruffed Grouse surveys. All this year’s hunters need to do be eligible to win […]
A new 164-acre tract of land in Minnesota’s Brown County is now permanently protected wildlife habitat and open to public hunting and recreation thanks to Pheasants Forever and a grant recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor […]
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