Birds, Turkeys & Waterfowl

Hunting Canada geese over water in Kansas is not your typical waterfowling.

It starts with minimizing the strain on thigh and calf muscles by stepping over, not on top of, logs and rocks.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources says turkey hunting season begins March 22 and runs through May 15.

North Dakota hunters who didn't land spring wild turkey licenses in the lottery drawing have a chance to try again for a permit.

This year's deep snow and extreme cold have taken a toll on Minnesota wildlife, especially swans and other waterfowl that can't find open water on the state's many frozen lakes.

Sound-alike conflicts are a major bugaboo. Many of our commands can sound like names. Call your setter "Beau," and he might "whoa" when you want him to hunt on.

There was a time when it was rare for someone to kill a buck, and the greatest sin a deer hunter could commit was to shoot a doe. Now, as a general rule, hunters can't shoot enough does and we are debating issues such as buck limits and antler restrictions.

Mississippi's spring turkey hunting season runs March 15 to May 1.

First-time turkey hunters will get a chance to learn the basics at a free seminar being held in Vermont this spring.

Waterbirds such as grebes, mergansers and loons are struggling, too, because their normal areas of open water have frozen over.

An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home in north central Washington, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said.

Wisconsin's wild turkeys are struggling to survive this year's harsh winter.

Make a list of skills you think you have down pat. Then add another column with ways to make them harder, in increments, and you'll keep your dog firing on all eight cylinders.

For Duncan Russell, 14, of Brandon, snipe hunting is no joke. "Nobody really believes you until you go hunt and come back with them," Russell said.

Scott Linden and "Buddy" discuss ways to effectively slow down your dog and flush out more birds.

Basic technique and equipment will help you arrow your bird.

If you’ve patterned your shotgun, you know an improved cylinder choke at 30 yards only makes a pattern about three feet in diameter.