Big Game Hunting Season Tips

Idaho’s Nonresident Hunting Fee Hikes Backfire

Online Editors — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:13:23 -0400

From The Spokesman Review:
Instead of raising more revenue, a fee increase hitting out-of-state hunters and anglers has resulted in less money flowing to the Idaho Fish and Game Department this year.

“Usually in Idaho we sell out right away when it comes to our nonresident deer and elk hunters, and at this time we are not sold out and we’re seeing a lag,” said Fish and Game Director Cal Groen. “We have tags left over.”

Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Tips from the Readers of Field & Stream

colinkearns — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:49 -0400

Some of the best hunting and fishing tips that appear in Field & Stream every month don't come from the editors or writers at the magazine. They come from you, the readers. We get so many good tip submissions, in fact, that it's sometimes tough to select the winners for our "Reader Tips" section. But there was never any doubt about the tips in this gallery. Here are the 34 best Reader Tips from the past two years.

Special Report: Regular F&S.com Poster Takes Wolf in Idaho

Joe_Cermele — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:20:09 -0400

A special guest post by Thomas McIntyre

Familiar to readers of fieldandstream.com is regular poster Robert Millage, better known as “idahooutdoors.” Now, it seems, Millage is getting known by everyone in the country with an interest in wolves.

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Tuesday, the 1st of September was the opening of Idaho’s controversial wolf-hunting season. Millage, a fifth generation, 34-year-old Idahoan from Kamiah—who is a dedicated outdoorsman when he’s not a realtor with Idaho Land and Home or guiding hunters for Selway Ridgerunner Outfitters—has seen the explosion of wolves in his state, and the (coincidental or not) steep decline in elk numbers. All of which made him look forward to the chance to take one of Idaho’s big game quota of 220 wolves.

10 Best Public Lands for Elk (And How to Hunt Them)

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:27:16 -0400

Mark Seacat likens hunting on public lands to a game of chess—not one you play with the wapiti so much as with other hunters.

Booth Babe Round-Up

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:28:00 -0400

There's a lot more to look at than just guns at the annual SHOT Show. Here are all our favorite "Booth Babe" photos from the last few years.

Siblings Get Life In “Hunting Accident” Murder

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:08:44 -0400

From GoErie.com:

A brother and sister were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the slaying of the sister's estranged husband at the victim's home near the Allegheny National Forest on Dec. 5. . . .
State police said [Cory] Altman and Susan Yeager conspired to kill Shawn Yeager and make it look like a hunting accident. . . .

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Chad Love: The Ultimate Scouting Resource?

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:17:22 -0400

One of the things that never fails to amaze me about anglers and hunters is the level of observational wisdom many of us possess, the kind of specialized natural history knowledge gained only through years of woods and water time. John Merwin's recent blog post is an excellent example of this connecting-the-natural-dots talent outdoorsmen possess.

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Discussion Topic: PA To Crack Down On Poachers

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:14:50 -0400

From the PR Newswire:

Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today praised the House Game and Fisheries Committee and its chairmen. . . for its near unanimous approval of House Bill 97, which would increase penalties and fines for poaching. . . .

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Two Michigan Troopers May Be Fired For Poaching

Joe_Cermele — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:12:36 -0400

Speaking of poaching, should the penalty be stiffer for police officers who do their poaching while on duty?

From the Cheboygan Daily Tribune:

Two Michigan State Troopers who served brief jail sentences and were reassigned after admitting to poaching deer while on duty have lost their jobs, pending an arbitration hearing. 

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Discussion Topic: On Sotomayor and Your Guns

Joe_Cermele — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:07:20 -0400

You’ve gotta to love our political system and the media’s coverage of it: When neither can offer clarity—and they almost never can—there’s always at least comedy, usually unintended and in the form of farce. President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor seems a good example:

The right says Sotomayor wants to ban guns. The left says she has merely upheld “settled law.” And it all stems from nunchucks. Nunchucks!

Here’s a sampling of the latest:

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