A Washington bowhunter went through 18 lives with one arrow on Monday when he bagged two mountain lions at the same time.
Ben Hendrickson, 36, of Spokane and his friend Rod Noah, 58, of Chattaroy had been hunting the woods of Pend Oreille County for e…
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September 19th, 2013
Washington Hunter Kills 2 Mountain Lions With 1 Arrow
September 19th, 2013
Video: Golden Eagle Takes Down Two Wood Grouse
This video uploaded to Liveleak.com comes from Vest-Agder, Norway. An amateur photographer was out filming two male wood grouse fighting for hens during the mating season. Out of nowhere, a golden eagle swoops down and kills both grouse.
You gotta …
September 18th, 2013
Missouri Bowhunter Takes Huge 171-Inch Buck
Whitetail season is just barely underway in most parts of the country, but smart bowhunters are already starting to take some slammer bucks.
Drury Outdoors Team member Brandon Jennnings sent photos of this 171 3/8-inch Missouri buck shot on September …
September 18th, 2013
More Monster Gators: Louisiana Hunter Takes 760-Pound Alligator
The gators keep getting bigger and bigger.
This year’s alligator season has produced some of the biggest swamp dragons North America has ever seen.
In Florida, Ben Williams and his wife Louann killed a 13-foot, 7-inch gator while hunting on Flor…
September 18th, 2013
Missouri Deer Hunter Killed After Falling into Sinkhole
A Marine died while deer hunting in the rural country of Pulaski County, Missouri when he fell into a sinkhole. Curtis Powelson, 31, was bowhunting near his home north of the Buckhorn area when the accident occurred.
He phoned his wife shortly b…
September 18th, 2013
North Dakota Suspends Antlerless Deer Licenses After EHD Outbreak
Just when we thought that we had made it through the epizootic hemorrhagic disease season without much damage, officials from North Dakota announced that they will be suspending 1,000 antlerless deer permits because of the disease.
This from the North…
September 17th, 2013
Regional Forecasts: Deer Hunting Season 2013
We interviewed biologists and deer managers from all 50 states to help you figure out what your fall’s mule deer, whitetail, and blacktail seasons will hold in store. Here’s our regional report. Stay tuned for our state-by-state breakdown for the 2013…
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PETA Plans ‘Payback’ Billboard Mocking Injured Elk Hunter in Utah
In what is one of its most offensive moves to date, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says that it intends to erect a billboard depicting a bloody-antlered elk above a message that says: “Payback is hell. Leave animals…
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PETA Plans ‘Payback’ Billboard Mocking Injured Elk Hunter in Utah
In what is one of its most offensive moves to date, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says that it intends to erect a billboard depicting a bloody-antlered elk above a message that says: “Payback is hell. Leave animals…
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Florida Couple Lands Monster Alligator in Lake George
Last week we blogged about a handful of huge alligators taken in Mississippi, but Magnolia State hunters aren’t the only ones landing monster reptiles.
Ben Williams and his wife Louann killed this 13-foot, 7-inch gator while hunting on Florida’s Lake…
September 13th, 2013
New Research on Deer Movement
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The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) convention never fails to provide attendees—and the whitetail-hunting world—with cutting-edge research information on America’s No. 1 game animal. This past June&rsqu…
September 12th, 2013
Chupacabra Thought to Be Killed In Mississippi
A Lena, Mississippi man is confident that the hairless, red-eyed animal he killed in his hay barn yesterday is a Chupacabra — and he has the carcass to prove it.
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When Animals Attack
What’s going on? Is Mother Nature PO’ed or what?
The past week or so has seen animal attack after animal attack. Here’s a rundown of the latest.
On Sept. 4, a man was attacked by a black bear while walking his dogs in a Larkspur, Colo…
September 11th, 2013
Wounded Grizzly Bear Attacks Hunter in Alaska
A Rhode Island man is lucky to be alive after the grizzly bear he shot ambushed him in thick brush.
John Matson was participating in a guided hunt 50 miles west McGrath, Alaska Monday night when the incident took place. According to reports, Matson sho…
September 11th, 2013
Whitetail Deer: Looks Like We Dodged the EHD Bullet
In early August we posted an epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) alert asking readers to keep their eyes peeled for dead or dying deer which may be victims of EHD. The disease has led to significant die-offs in the past few years with 2012 being one o…
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The Dangers of Deer Cloning
A pair of Texans recently announced that they had successfully cloned a whitetail deer. It seems they have been cloning horses for the past few years (much to the dismay The American Quarter Horse Association who refused to register them) and are now …
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Another Record Mississippi Record Gator
Hunters in Mississippi continue to haul gigantic gators from state waters during the Magnolia State’s alligator season.
Last week Beth Trammell of Madison lay claim to Mississippi’s heaviest alligator when she landed a 723.5-pound behemot…
September 6th, 2013
When Turkeys Go Bad
“Feces, broken glass, feathers all over the place, it was a disaster.”
Frat party?
Crack house?
Nope.
What Officer Mark Ehrenburg was describing was what a New Jersey residential home looked like after it was trashed by an intruding wild …
September 6th, 2013
Where Have All the Deer Gone?
Our phone’s been ringing for the past week with reports of missing deer. Seems like every hunter and his brother have been busy since the first hay cutting keeping an eye on the biggest bucks in their neighborhood and suddenly they are gone. Som…
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3 Deadly Decoying Setups for Whitetails
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The following high-impact decoying strategies will enable you to exploit a mature buck’s vision and coax more deer into close range this season.
Early Pre-rut
Whitetail bucks will be sticking to a predictable f…
September 6th, 2013
Contest: Write the Caption, Win a "This Happened to Me" Book
“This Happened to Me,” has been a fixture of Outdoor Life since 1940 and now it’s a book. We’ve compiled 183 of the most adrenaline-filled misadventures experienced by our readers over the last 73 years. You can buy the book at www.outdoorlife.com/Hap…
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How to Blood Trail a Deer Using Basic Forensics
Identify Where the Bullet or Arrow Struck Take the time to assess the blood that you find along the trail. Is there any stomach fodder, suggesting a gut shot? Frothy blood with bubbles indicates a lung shot. Look for hair and tissue on the ground, and…
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Contest: Write the Caption, Win a "This Happened to Me" Book
“This Happened to Me” has been a fixture in Outdoor Life since 1940. Now, we’ve compiled 183 of the most adrenaline-filled misadventures experienced by our readers over the last 73 years into one tooth- and claw-filled book. You can buy it at www.outd…
Go to Contest: Write the Caption, Win a "This Happened to Me" BookSeptember 4th, 2013
Whitetail Deer: Antler Velvet Peeling This Week
This is it — the week whitetail watchers have been waiting for all summer. Antler velvet will peel sometime over the next two weeks in most areas of the country. Our fascination with antlers officially begins and from here on in it is all about …
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Shocker: Coyote Dies from Chewing on Electrical Cord in Canada
On Aug. 26 Steve Michel, a human wildlife conflict specialist with Banff National Park, received a noontime call concerning a nuisance coyote in the Whiskey Creek condo complex.
The caller said that a young coyote came from the woods to attack the ga…
September 3rd, 2013
Monster Halibut Filleted On Scotland Street
It was a case of his eyes being too big for his stomach.
When the Glasgow Fish Market in Scotland offered restaurateur Rab McAleese a freshly caught monster halibut he jumped at the opportunity. It wasn’t until the fish was delivered to his Litt…
September 3rd, 2013
New Mississippi Record Gator
Less than four days into Mississippi’s alligator season and already two record-breaking swamp dragons have surfaced.
Sunday morning found Dustin Brockman of Vicksburg, Miss., his brother, and friend return to the dock with a massive…
September 3rd, 2013
Javelina Attack Arizona Woman and Her Dog
An elderly woman was attacked by a sounder of javelina while walking her dog in her Tucson residential neighborhood last week. The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports that three collared peccaries were eating from a knocked over trashcan when the …
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Man Shoots Marijuana-Wrapped Arrow into Jail, Says He Was Squirrel Hunting
Ranking right up there with “The dog ate my homework” and “The check is in the mail” comes one of the worst excuses ever: “I was hunting squirrels.”
This comment was in response to the inquiry of why a Bellingham, W…