Tag Archives: Deer Hunting

OSKALOOSA – The City of Oskaloosa is preparing for the upcoming 2015/2016 Urban Deer Hunting season, to be held within the Oskaloosa city limits. The 2015/2016 hunting season will run from September 19th, 2015 through January 10th, 2016. During this season, qualified hunters will be allowed to harvest deer within …

For this year’s big game hunting prospects, the operative word is “winter,” in that there hardly was one in most of the state. While a warm winter and low snowpack bring with it potential problems for farmers, fish, and increased wildfire danger, it also facilitates better overwinter survival for all …

More and more hunters are killing fewer and fewer deer in Louisiana, according to research compiled by the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and that may result in fewer days or lower season limits for hunters. According to the agency’s 2014-15 Deer Harvest Report, 273,541 hunters were issued tags to …

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has put new hunting regulations in place for this fall in certain areas of the state to address problems of too many or too few deer. “Deer are a keystone game species in New York, and responsible management requires periodic adjustment of …

Tests for Chronic Wasting Disease taken from a white-tailed deer in Texas have been confirmed positive, resulting in the first case in the species in one of the nation’s biggest deer hunting states. The tests were confirmed and announced by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials. The deer was in …

Turkey hunters of Putnam County! DNR is announcing a drawing for turkey hunting at Reynolds Creek Game Bird Habitat Area will be held at the Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Area office at 10 a.m. CDT on April 12. Reynolds Creek GHA is 1,250 acres near Chesterton with agricultural fields, two …

“You’ve Got to be in the Right State of Mind to Kill an Elk” – Opie. That statement was shared with Opie from First Light Gear and a few of us on the ElkTour by an old-time elk hunter last year in southwest Colorado. After hunting a spot that was …

One great thing about guns is they don’t wear out nearly as quickly as pickup trucks. My oldest is a “trapdoor” Springfield .45-70 made in the 1880’s. All the mechanical parts still work, and it consistently hits an 8-inch gong at 200 yards with the issue iron sights. My wife …

Even though the 2014 SHOT Show ended over a month ago, there were a lot of things there that we released and displayed for the first time. Although I am finding that the industry is going away from launching at SHOT or NRA so their products are not buried along …

Anyone can age a turkey once he’s in hand. It’s a bit trickier to judge whether a gobbler you are hearing, seeing, or calling to is a dominant bird—a trophy turkey. I now know what I should have been looking and listening for. Read More >> http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/strut-zone/2014/03/turkey-hunting-tips-how-take-down-king