The blasting bellow of the big .44 surprised me when my right index finger instinctively tightened on the trigger; the bear’s violent reaction and subsequent zero to 30 mph rush, while just a blur, clearly indicated I had connected. Straining to hear the tell-tale moan of a dying bear yielded only the cacophony of a yapping pack of distant coyotes. My black bear quest, which had been eight long years in the making, had boiled down to a few surreal seconds. Continue Reading
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Today marks the date that 2,977 victims died from the attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City.
Of these 2,977 victims it included 412 emergency workers who responded to the attacks, 343 firefighters (including a chaplain and two paramedics) from the New York City Fire Department, 37 police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police department, 23 police officers of the New York City Police Department and 8 emergency medical technicians and paramedics from private emergency medical services along with 1 patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol.
Please take a moment remember the brave men and women today. 🇺🇸
Don’t miss out on Field and Stream’s article on hunting ducks on public land from a kayak!
By: Ryan Koenigs
Lake sturgeon are the largest and longest lived fish species in the Great Lakes drainage and were historically abundant throughout their native range of the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Hudson Bay drainages. However, overharvest, migration barriers, pollution, and habitat destruction have resulted in a significant decline in fish populations throughout their range and extirpation of many populations. Wisconsin is right in the heart of the lake sturgeon’s range and remains home to some of the species most successful management programs (http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/sturgeon/lakesturgeonidentification.html). In fact, Wisconsin boasts vibrant recreational hook and line fisheries and a spear fishery for lake sturgeon in many locations, while most populations in other states are protected from harvest to aid recovery programs. Continue Reading