Back in 1963, my dad asked if I wanted to go deer hunting in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (what we locals call the U.P.). We had no tent, no camper and no cabin, although we did have a horse truck, ...

In the second of a two-part series, columnist Walt Gasson shares thoughts from more than a dozen friends of all genders, backgrounds and locales.

Michigan offers a generous squirrel hunting season from September 15 to March 31, and you don’t have to travel far in the state to find good opportunities. While I thoroughly enjoy squirrel hunting ...

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population estimates from 2024 put the herd at 1,150 animals. Meanwhile, the ideal ...

Settlers made a quick end to Ohio’s elk, though some think a sort-of comeback is desirable. The killing of the last free-ranging elk occurred in Ohio, probably inside Ashtabula County, after statehood ...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game plans a combination of translocation and lethal removal of about 100 resident, nonmigratory elk on private land west of Emmett this spring and summer. The goal is ...

Sheriff urges state intervention after New Year wolf attack kills horse, calf Ranchers report repeated losses and sell stock early to avoid further depredation Wildlife agencies plan more GPS collars, ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered 15 elk in the 2025-26 hunting season, according to reports from the Department of Natural Resources and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. The harvest ...

On Oct. 16, his 50 th birthday, freshman Eagle County Commissioner Tom Boyd wistfully remarked this was his first birthday since he was a 19-year-old college freshman that he was not deep in the woods ...

SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie is begging for tips as the search for his missing sister Christina Lynn Downer continues frantically in LA’s Koreatown. “My sister is still missing. This is not like her, she’s ...

Wisconsin's 2025 elk hunting season has come to a close. More than 26,000 residents applied for the limited number of available licenses. Hunters can apply for a 2026 elk hunting license starting ...

Texas duck hunters are hoping for some timely shots of winter weather in the next few weeks to push more birds southward ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The second split of the 2025-26 ...