There is one prerequisite for Penn State University’s Conservation Leaders of Tomorrow course: you can never have owned a hunting license. Penn State is one of the nation’s leading agriculture and wildlife studies institutions, but that doesn’t mean everyone who goes through their courses loves hunting. So, about 10 years ago, Gary San Julian, Penn State professor emeritus [...]
Squirrel Hunting
The First Family of Squirrel Hunting
This issue of Field&Stream features an amazing profile of 77-year-old Mac English, who might take squirrel hunting more seriously than anyone I've ever heard of. English has raised a brood of bushytail enthusiasts in South Carolina, and thankfully, Field & Stream sent photographer and videographer Chris Crisman to bring their story to life. If anyone [...]
Venison Processor Nabbed for Selling Meat. Ordered to Donate Nearly 700 Pounds of Venison to the Needy
The Bethany Center in Piqua, Ohio just got a very generous donation of 521 packages of deer trail sticks and summer sausage, as well as 698 pounds of ground venison, but we're guessing the man who donated it feels that great about it.Jack W. Orth was ordered to hand over the meat after he was caught [...]
Third Largest Non-Typical Whitetail Taken in Northern Indiana
Don Barbour's 24-point buck is not on the top of the non-typical record books in Indiana, but it's darn close. It will take the top spot as the largest buck taken in St. Joseph County and qualifies for both Boone&Crockett and the Hoosier Record Buck Program. Barbour first saw the buck in December 2010, and [...]
The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: SHOT Show 2012, Squirrels’ Biggest Fan
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past week: Tricked-Out Trucks, Taxidermy and Golden Guns at SHOT Show 2012 — The showstoppers of SHOT Under Armour Scent Control, Remington's 50th Anniversary Model 700, Flashy Flintlocks and More from the [...]
Three-Legged Dog Goes Missing on Bird Hunt. Found A Week Later
Zip, the three-legged English setter, was a little stubborn and antsy on a bird hunt on New Year's Eve day near North Hampton, N.H., and bolted. His owner, Peter George, fired a few shots in the air hoping Zip would return, but when he didn't, they filed a missing dog report with the Granite State [...]
Sunday Hunting Ban Passes Hurdle in Virginia
At the Field & Stream Heroes of Conservation lunch, one of their conservation leaders said that if the few states would legalize Sunday hunting where it's banned, it would add $1 Billion to the economies of those states.I'm guessing that is one of the reasons why the Virginia Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee voted [...]
Bonnie and Clyde’s Shotgun and Tommy Gun Fetch $210,000 in Auction
We told you that Bonnie and Clyde's guns were up for auction, and the winning bids have been placed.The Tommy Gun and 1987 Winchester shotgun were sold by the great-grandson of a law enforcement professional who received the guns after a raid in Joplin, Mo. The Tommy Gun pulled in $130,000, while the shotgun's winning [...]
Female Hunter, Chef and Squirrel Meat Enthusiast: Georgia Pellegrini
According to chef, author and hunter Georgia Pellegrini, squirrel should be as revered as Spanish acorn-fed pig. "A fat, nut-fed squirrel is not only better tasting than any meat in the woods, it can be even better tasting, and much more economical than that Spanish pig that sells for one hundred seventy dollars per pound." Pellegrini [...]
Harvard Alum, Gourmet Chef Hunts What She Eats
Mark Zukerberg isn't the only hunt loving Harvard alumni. Classically trained gourmet New York chef Georgia Pellegrini, who also studied at Harvard, has become passionate hunter. It all started when Georgia was working at a farm-to-table restaurant in New York and the head chef asked her to slaughter five turkeys to serve for dinner that [...]
