Tree stands are popular among hunters - especially among those who archery hunt because they help improve the hunters’ visibility and decrease the chance their scent will spook prey. But the stands also can result in injuries or even fatalaties if they’re used incorrectly or carelessly, hunting safety experts say...

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Every year hundreds of hunters are seriously injured and scores killed nationally due to falls from tree stands. The majority of accidents occur because hunters do not take appropriate safety precautions when ascending or descending from an elevated hunting platform...

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Kids that learn to hunt and fish as youth, are more likely to make hunting and fishing a life long hobby...

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If your new hunting partner doesn’t enjoy mud, rain or getting up before the crack of dawn, odds are duck hunting is not a good choice...

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The activity of trapping has run a wide circle in the history of the United States.  In years gone by it was a means to obtain clothing and eventually became a primary economic driver of the frontier.  In this century trapping has gone from a family endeavor and hobby that could make a few dollars to a pursuit that in recent times attracts the extreme wrath of some animal rights groups.  In the words of Bob Dylan, “Oh the times, they are a changing”...

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As outdoorsman we are now in the period of Fall’s great bounty.  Most of our Hunting seasons are now or soon to be open.  Pheasant Hunting of course being the biggest draw for us and the countless numbers of Foreigners that have discovered our wonderful natural resources...

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There is a song about a young boy tossing a baseball into the air. He swings the bat and misses. Again he tosses the ball into the air, swings and misses. Time and again, he swings and misses...

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Sometime around noon a nice 5X5 came prancing through one of the funnels. Hawkeye had bumped him in my direction.  My 338 magnum roared and moments later I was standing over this beautiful creature.  Power, grace, savagery, dignity, these are the bull elk...

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Respect private property; ask first. That's the message to hunters from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Hunters must receive permission to hunt on agricultural lands and are strongly encouraged by the DNR to ask before hunting on any private property...

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Benjamin Franklin, apparently, did not have duck hunters in mind when he penned this statement. "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."...

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The Minnesota DNR offers these tips for duck hunters...

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MADISON - As hunters begin preparations to stalk their favorite game during the upcoming fall hunting seasons, Wisconsin safety experts remind them to review firearm safety as part of those initial plans...

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The Grouse is one of my all time favorite birds to hunt, mainly because it allows me the opportunity to be in the deep woods during the fall leave change. This is also a wonderful time of the year to view all animals as they bulk up for the winter. Often I will come across deer, bear, squirrels, rabbits and other birds in my quest for a grouse or two for the dinner table...

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I received my new Lonewolf climbing treestand in the mail last week and was very anxious to try out this new piece of engineering. I decided to come down to St. Cloud and hunt some of the old stompin' ground for the weekend. Since I moved to Bemidji a friend of mine has been nice enough to hunt my area for me. They got a nice 7 pt. basket and a very nice 8 pt. with a 19 inch spread out of the stands I hunt. The latter was 230 lbs dressed by the way...

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Every now and then you have an experience that you talk about for a long time, well just last Sunday I was fortunate enough to have a perfect hunt. I had spent most of the morning cutting and splitting wood ( getting ready for old man winter ). After spending most of my day working - I decided to spend a little quality time in the woods looking for grouse...

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