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Can We Breed Our Way Out of CWD? Oklahoma Wants to Try.
Jordan Sillars
The Oklahoma state legislature is rapidly advancing a first-in-the-nation bill that would allow captive-raised whitetail deer to be released onto the landscape if they possess CWD-resistant genetic markers. Dubbed the “Chronic Wasting Disease Genetic Improvement Act” (HB 3462), the measure received...
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Few things rival the sense of accomplishment that accompanies killing your first turkey. This is especially true if you commit a few seasons’ worth of blunders along the way. The season I killed my first bird, I managed to miss or spook a legion of turkeys all in the first two weeks. I put on a...
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Elk are the largest animals most American hunters will ever have a chance to harvest. For that reason, once a hunter is ready to step up from whitetail deer to elk, the first question they ask is: do I have enough gun to get the job done? We’re here to help you answer that question. The MeatEater...
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Did CWD Kill Two Unnamed Hunters? Probably Not.
Aaron Agosto
A short article has been making the rounds on the news and social media claiming a possible link between eating CWD-infected meat and two men who died of Cruetzfeldt-Jakobs disease (CJD). It’s unclear, however, whether this potential link should worry hunters or if CWD was responsible at all. First...
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UPDATE: On April 18, 2024, the BLM officially finalized the Public Lands Rule. Click here to view the press release. And for more information on the conservation leases involved with this rule, check out Jordan Sillars' previous article here. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a new...
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BLM Director: New Conservation Leases ‘Won’t Shut Down Public Access’
Jordan Sillars
The director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said that hunters and other public land users won’t be barred from public land managed under the agency’s controversial new “conservation lease” program. “Let me be hyper-clear right off the top: these leases would not shut down public access...
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Any time spent in the woods is valuable, but let's talk about the target goal of shed antlers. Days filled with work meetings aren't always a lost cause. A few short minutes could be all you need to grab a few antlers this spring. Shed hunting doesn't always need to take place where you want to hunt...
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There are a lot of unpleasant things that anglers will use for bait. Whether it’s a handful of nightcrawlers dug from a manure pile, a jar of sun-ripened chicken livers, a bucket full of blood-sucking leeches, or squirming maggots, there aren’t a lot of things we get squeamish about throwing on a...
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BLM Proposal Aims to Save the Greater Sage Grouse
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The Bureau of Land Management recently released a proposal that would increase protections for greater sage grouse in 10 western states. The environmental impact statement analyzes six alternatives for sage grouse habitat management, and the BLM has decided to back the alternative that balances...
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Vermont’s Invisible Law: Hunters Can Sell Venison
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Contrary to assumption, no federal law forbids hunters from selling or buying meat from game animals they shoot. State laws enforce that ban, but not every state forbids it, either. Just ask Vermont hunters. Then again, don’t take their word for it. Few Vermont hunters know a state law lets them...
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3 Myths about Biden's New Gun License Rule
Jordan Sillars
The Biden administration finalized a new rule last week described by Attorney General Merrick Garland as a “historic step” in the “fight against gun violence.” It aims to increase the number of background checks on gun sales by expanding the pool of people who must obtain a federal firearms license...
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Should Shed Hunting Require A License?
Eli Fournier
A bullet whizzes over my head, smashing into a rock a few feet behind me. Then another, and another. Three shots—an ominous warning directed at me and my two shed-hunting buddies. We’re deep on National Forest land in the last week of April, on an annual shed-hunting pilgrimage—something that’s...
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UPDATE: On April 18, 2024, the BLM officially finalized the Public Lands Rule. Click here to view the press release. And for more information on the conservation leases involved with this rule, check out Jordan Sillars' previous article here. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a new...
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