Few states have a stronger hunting tradition than Pennsylvania. As the firearms deer season approaches, for example, whole neighborhoods smell like Hoppe’s #9. Wives search vainly for husbands, who have quietly disappeared to get in a few hours of pre-hunt scouting. On Opening Day, schools close because so many students, not to mention teachers, are absent anyway. By nightfall, deer camps are full .. more …
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For those serious about hunting, trespass laws and information about obtaining permission must be understood and met in order to enjoy the upcoming snow goose hunting season beginning March 5 and ending March 10.According to a news release, hunters are in danger of losing their chance to hunt snow geese due to their confusion about trespass laws. This confusion has led to reported property damage .. more …
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A Special Report by Bob Marshall, Conservation Editor Unlike their counterparts at hard-line environmental groups, leaders of sportsmen’s conservation organizations tend to measure their words. They avoid hyperbole, don’t hyperventilate, and never hint that the sky is falling. That changed when they got a look at the budget priorities unveiled recently by the House of Representatives. Now .. more …
If you want to be a trophy hunter you must concentrate on shooting trophies, not on meat hunting. You can blast away at meat animals but you’ll never get a trophy. The best trophy hunters might only fire one round per season in the field. The most proficient hunters will spend many hours at the range fine tuning their weapon and practicing. If they have the time, then many hours shooting small .. more …
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Federal wildlife officials have proposed letting Idaho kill scores of wolves in what would be largest government-sanctioned wolf culling in the state since the animals were reintroduced to the northern Rockies 15 years ago.The Fish and Wildlife Service plan would permit state game officials to carry out a 75 percent reduction in a wolf population blamed for decimating .. more …
A Sportsmen’s Show and Wild Game Dinner will take place March 3 at Canton First Church of the Nazarene at 522 30th St NW.Charles Alsheimer, an award-winning outdoor writer, nature photographer, lecturer and whitetail deer consultant from Bath, N.Y., will speak at the dinner, which starts at 6:30 p.m.The Sportsman’s Show starts at 4 p.m.Alsheimer is an editor for Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine, and .. more …
