Quality deer management has taken it's toll, and whitetail hunters are reaping its benefits.According to the Boone & Crockett Club, the number of bucks qualifying for their books increased 400 percent over the course of 30 years. The conservation group is perhaps the most respected record-keeping organization of all big game animals, and for your [...]
West Virginia Hunting
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 [...]
Banner Squirrel Season Ahead in West Virginia
Small game hunters rejoice, scientists believe that there should be a lot of squirrels in the West Virginia woods this fall.The season opened on Sept. 10 and last through Dec. 31, and thanks to a great amount of mast, the squirrel population is thriving in the Mountain State. The acorns, hickory nuts, and other nuts [...]
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Slams Hunters Trying to Legalize Sunday Hunting in the Keystone State
There are only seven states that 100 percent prohibit Sunday hunting, and Pennsylvania, the state with the second most hunters, is one of them.Seemingly every year, hunters try to legalize Sunday hunting, and groups like the Safari Club International and the NRA are trying hard to give hunters an extra weekend day to be in [...]
Handgun, ATV, American Flag and U-S-A Chants from Celebrity Chef Matt Gillespie
There has been a huge renewal in American pride thanks to the fine work of the SEALs Team 6, and celebrity Chef Matt Gillespie took to his ATV, grabbed his pistol and an American flag to celebrate.We don't think you should drive around on an ATV with a loaded gun, and shooting one while in [...]
An Endangered Species Debate in West Virginia: No More Hunting the Flying Squirrel
Most endangered species debates center around the wolf, but in West Virginia there is a heated debate about the northern flying squirrel. The squirrel was first protected 25 years ago, but after research showed a booming population, the state removed the protection from the furry little rodents. In 1985, there were only 10 of these [...]
Brother’s Dying Wish to Display Trophy Whitetails Comes True
The five-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is just 4 percent, and when Glenn Lacey was diagnosed with the brutal disease in December, his brother and long-time hunting partner Gary rushed to have their two monster whitetails displayed together at the West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show. Glenn is still battling the cancer, and did [...]
Nice day goose hunting in Rock Hill, Maryland
My best buddy sent me this picture this morning, and it would have sent me round the bend were it not for the fact I am headed out hunting this afternoon. For deer, not birds, though I'd be happy with either.
