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Bear Poaching
Current laws prohibiting the sale of body parts from legally taken black bears are helping to promote bear poaching in North America. Inflated reports from some law-enforcement officers and the media...
View ArticleThe Rites of Spring Hunting
One day in June 1990, professional wildlife photographer Mark Werner was at work not far from Thunder Bay, Ontario. That day he would be the unwilling witness to one of the more savage acts of the...
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Current laws prohibiting the sale of body parts from legally taken black bears are helping to promote bear poaching in North America. Inflated reports from some law-enforcement officers and the media...
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Photos: Whitetail Goes Head-to-Head with Wolf in River
John Way from Cornell, Michigan was on his way to cut some firewood last month when he spotted an 8-point whitetail buck standing in the Escanaba River. Living within view of the river, he and his...
View ArticleHow to Call Fall Bears with Prey Distress Calls
Tom Anderman from Mt. Pleasant, Mich., spent his Upper Peninsula bear hunt sweltering over a bait site on unseasonably warm September afternoons and listening to coyotes howl in the distance. Bears...
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Pike Spearing: How to Spear the Biggest Pike of Your Life
I first attempted to spear northern pike through the ice with a buddy of mine who had a touch more familiarity with the winter sport than I did. He had been out once or twice in a shack with a spear,...
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Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a...
Editor’s Note: Richard P. Smith is a longtime outdoor writer and editor from Michigan. What follows is his perspective on the Rompola Buck, one of the most controversial whitetails of all time. The...
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When Wolves Attack: 5 Close Calls from Wolf Country
Wolves killed a trailing dog in northern Wisconsin earlier this month, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources. While wolf attacks don’t make headlines very often, close calls with...
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Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published in local Michigan publications in 2007. We’re republishing it here to serve as a reminder: Never forget the backup gun. Black bear...
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A Wolf Attacked My Dog and Then Charged at Me
Editor’s Note: Wolf attacks on humans are incredibly rare, but they have occurred. A recent case in which a retired Wisconsin game warden killed a wolf in an alleged self-defense shooting has brought...
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Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published in local Michigan publications in 2007. We’re republishing it here to serve as a reminder: Never forget the backup gun. Black bear...
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A Wolf Attacked My Dog and Then Charged at Me
Editor’s Note: Wolf attacks on humans are incredibly rare, but they have occurred. A recent case in which a retired Wisconsin game warden killed a wolf in an alleged self-defense shooting has brought...
View ArticleThe Rites of Spring Hunting
One day in June 1990, professional wildlife photographer Mark Werner was at work not far from Thunder Bay, Ontario. That day he would be the unwilling witness to one of the more savage acts of the...
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Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published in local Michigan publications in 2007. We’re republishing it here to serve as a reminder: Never forget the backup gun. Black bear...
View ArticleThe Rites of Spring Hunting
One day in June 1990, professional wildlife photographer Mark Werner was at work not far from Thunder Bay, Ontario. That day he would be the unwilling witness to one of the more savage acts of the...
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Photos: Whitetail Goes Head-to-Head with Wolf in River
John Way from Cornell, Michigan was on his way to cut some firewood last month when he spotted an 8-point whitetail buck standing in the Escanaba River. Living within view of the river, he and his...
View ArticleBear Poaching
Current laws prohibiting the sale of body parts from legally taken black bears are helping to promote bear poaching in North America. Inflated reports from some law-enforcement officers and the media...
View ArticleHow to Call Fall Bears with Prey Distress Calls
Tom Anderman from Mt. Pleasant, Mich., spent his Upper Peninsula bear hunt sweltering over a bait site on unseasonably warm September afternoons and listening to coyotes howl in the distance. Bears...
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Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a...
Editor’s Note: Richard P. Smith is a longtime outdoor writer and editor from Michigan. What follows is his perspective on the Rompola Buck, one of the most controversial whitetails of all time. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Wolves Attack: 5 Close Calls from Wolf Country
Wolves killed a trailing dog in northern Wisconsin earlier this month, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources. While wolf attacks don’t make headlines very often, close calls with...
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