The details are still emerging, but one thing is for sure – Nick Brumley killed the buck of a lifetime Sunday evening on a private farm in Jefferson County. Nick had been watching and getting trail cam pics of this buck for a while and played his cards just right, harvesting what will surely be [...]
I have accumulated a lot of special memories over the course of my twenty years of hunting. I can still vividly remember the details of my first successful deer hunt, my first turkey, and my first good buck with a bow. But all of these events pale in comparison to watching my eight year-old son [...]
The DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife is partnering with Purdue Cooperative Extension Service to conduct a series of venison workshops throughout the state in September.
During each workshop demonstrations of complete deer processing will be held, showing skinning, butchering and packaging techniques. Outdoor cooking will be demonstrated using a grill and Dutch oven. Participants can [...]
The Natural Resources Commission gave preliminary adoption to the proposed changes to the deer hunting rules on July 20. These proposed changes are a result of an extensive review by DNR fish and wildlife and law enforcement staff, in addition to review and input from a group of stakeholders that included representatives from the following: [...]
Two out of three people responding to a recent Department of Natural Resources online survey said they use both archery and firearms to hunt deer, and 91 percent said they would be willing to harvest one or more additional antlerless deer if money were not an issue.
Respondents also expressed strong support for a variety of [...]
Most of us were taught growing up that practice makes perfect. For most things in life that is pretty sound advice, but when it comes to bowhunting, not all practice is equal.
There was a time, not too long ago, when archery practice consisted of a couple of square bales of straw and a paper plate [...]
Apr 29, 2010
FRANKFORT, Ky. – With the last frost date fast approaching, now is the time to get started on seasonal plantings for wildlife.
This includes food plots, stands of warm season grasses, legumes, such as clover, and preparing soil for plantings later in the year.
A field of sunflowers, planted for dove hunting in the fall, [...]
An online survey designed to gauge hunter and landowner support for proposed changes to deer hunting rules aimed toward better deer herd management is available until Sunday, April 25.
The survey is at http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/5904.htm
The components of the proposed strategy, which were formed after meetings during the past several months with stakeholder groups to discuss objectives, strategies [...]
by Mike O’Bryan
Opening morning 2008 was not spent hunting a lush food plot. Nor was it spent sitting over a hot bait site. In fact opening morning was spent hunting a tree no farther than 45 yards from the truck. Not only was I just 45 yards from the truck, I was also perched on [...]
