As cicadas herald the dog days of summer and triple-digit temperatures blanket the state, cool, quiet mornings in a deer blind overlooking a food plot are a distant dream. However, if you want to ...

As spring inches closer, a lot of folks are pulling their fishing gear together and prepping for the coming turkey season. But some of us never stop thinking about whitetails and are already working ...

Deer hunting is a labor of love. For hardcore whitetail junkies, the work usually begins long before the dawn of another opening day. The clock is ticking. Texas’ Archery Only and Managed Lands Deer ...

BRAINERD — "Oh, so you plant food plots for deer," said a man I met at a sporting goods store. His comment held overtones of resentment. I was not offended; I respect his particular hunting methods, ...

For outdoors folk, the cold-weather season is winding down and the planting seasons are nearly here, despite snow mounds and ice coatings currently in view. Seed planters vary in their approaches, but ...

Planting season might start a bit earlier this well-warmed early spring. Plowing and fertilizing forays usually started in late March or early April are already underway, including hunt-minded ...

I am not a big summertime food plot planter. That said, summer is the time that stresses our deer herd more than any other time of the year. I do believe in making sure I have a water source near my ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering free seed for the 2024 growing season to landowners interested in planting wildlife food plots for pheasants. Rather than a traditional ...

Significant moisture in most of the area this spring has grasses and forbes growing well, and people interested in growing food plots for fall hunting should be preparing now. A couple of my ...