Hunting and Fishing News Blog Articles

A recent Powell Tribune article attempts to examine the reason that grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are ranging further afield from their “core area” or DMA (demographic monitoring area). Last year a sow and cubs was discovered just east of Powell, Wyoming in a farmer’s field, that’s a long way (100+ miles as the crow flies) from Old

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The author with a 215-pound bigeye tuna caught from a headboat off New Jersey. (Jimmy Fee/) Here’s the scenario: You’re going coastal with the family and want to tangle with a tuna. Thing is, you don’t have a boat that can make the long run. Nor do any of your friends, and a private charter is out of your price range. Fear not. Throughout the North

Upset a griz with only a handgun at your side, and you have problems in your future. (Keith Crowley/Images on the Wildside/) Hunters love to sit around the fire and argue about guns. When there's no fire, there's still social media, where people also sometimes argue. When I saw Freel and Towsley engaged in a Facebook pissing match over bear-defense

When it comes to bear attacks, there are no certainties. (photowest/depositphotos.com/) Much like politics or religion, bear defense is a subject that will quickly segregate people into strongly defended ideological camps. For the majority of folks, it’s purely for entertainment purposes—like guys in their living room debating whether or not they w

The Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. (USFWS Mountain-Prairie/) On June 5th, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a proposal for new or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities at 74 national wildlife refuges and 15 national fish hatcheries. This proposed legislation would give hunters and anglers access to ov

Spring may be lunker time for bass anglers targeting shallow fish on spawning flats, but summer is the bread-and-butter season for most fishermen. With short-sleeve weather and balmy nights, more bass are caught by anglers during the heat of summer than all other seasons combined. But summer bass can be fickle nomads–found shallow, deep, buried in

School is out, summer is finally here, and camping season is upon us. Whether you enjoy pitching a tent in an assigned space on some roadside site, or hiking up and into the mountainous backcountry, you’ll need the toughest, most reliable gear you can get your hands on. To help you have all your bases covered, here is a short list of equipment you

Hunt the rut with Guy and Mike Eastman in this classic hunting video from the Eastmans’ vault. The crew rattles in some small whitetail bucks, but then turn their attention to mature mule deer buck. Hunting deer in the rut is as about as exciting as it gets!     The post Eastmans’ Classic: Mule Deer Run Hunt With Guy Eastman appeared first on Eastm

An early-morning summer monster. (Brian Grossenbacher/) One of the best things about northern pike is that they’re willing players practically 365 days a year. Drop a shiner through the ice and it’ll get nailed. Work a spinnerbait around a rocky point in fall and it’ll get crushed. It’s the summer months that can be the most challenging for the pik

Asian lady beetles are lighter in color and more orange than ladybugs. (Ryan Hodnett (wikimedia commons)/) When the news hit the internet, you could almost hear the collective: “awwwwwww, how sweet.” An 80x80-mile swarm of ladybugs, so vast that it showed up on National Weather Service radar, was about to hit the coast of Southern California. Thing

Yet another elk poaching case has come to light in Montana, this one taking place in Ravalli and Missoula counties. Both cases date back to 2017 and deal with Brady Joe Stamps killing elk illegally on private lands he did not have permission to be on, the second bull being shot after he had already filled his tag during the 2017 archery season and

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Keep your hunting dog safe by identifying and avoiding the following plants. (Alex Robinson/) Man’s best friend has incredible instincts. We often rely on our dog’s sharp senses and ancient impulses during outdoor pursuits (including everything from bird hunting, to blood trailing deer, to search-and-rescue missions). But any bird hunter with a Lab

Welcome to Disney. (ImageBroker/Alamy/) Destination fishing trips can be hard to pull off when you have a family. Skipping town with the guys for even a few days is usually hung up by T‑ball games, soccer practice, and, of course, approval from your spouse. But that doesn’t mean you’re stuck fishing where you live. Headed to a theme park this summe