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With social distancing being the norm of the day, cabin fever is bound to set in. Several states have taken steps to encourage outdoor activities to help ward off these ill effects, namely waiving various fees and requirements associated with outdoor activities.

Gear-intensive high-country hunts require specialized lightweight equipment, but not all of the essentials can be bought.

Though it seemed like a simple plan, the right place and the right time only exist if every participant is on the same clock.

Indiana conservation officers report that a Dubois County man has plead guilty to illegally taking a potential record-breaking whitetail buck.

Scouring the internet in search of hunting mentor programs can be a pain, so we’ve done the legwork for you. Here’s our list of mentor hunting programs, state by state, as well as some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) new hunters may find helpful before they go afield in pursuit of game.

Continuing his efforts to increase access to public lands, Secretary Zinke will open more than more 251,000 acres to new or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities across 30 national wildlife refuges just in time for the 2018-19 hunting seasons.

Deer hunters who seek to add a buck to the Boone and Crockett records book would do well searching these states, where careful management has resulted in a bumper crop of bruisers.

Acknowledging youth hunter recruitment efforts may not necessarily pay dividends, many states now focus additional effort on the 27- to 40-year-old adults, people who have the time, money and resources to hunt and take their kids hunting.

Hundreds of Eastern sandhill cranes are killed every year in regulated hunting seasons. But ironically, strict migratory-bird laws dictate that cranes killed under depredation permits cannot become table fare.