Who isn't ready for spring after the long, hard winter we just had?

I don't want to start off on a negative note, but I really do not believe all that stuff about the groundhog.

A long time ago, in what is now southwestern West Virginia and Logan County, there were herds of wapiti. We are told that is what the Shawnee Indians called them; we call them elk.

So it seems that March is upon us. Now what are you going to do?

Our readers have spoken. Loud and clear.

As hunters, fishermen and those who trod the trackless wastes, we feel we must be strong in the face of the arctic blasts.

The basic drill for the Squirrel Master Classic is this: Have a squirrel hunt in a fun competition atmosphere.

In the outdoors and hunting world, maybe no animal draws as much controversy as the coyote.

OK, can we just decide here and now that 2021 is going to be better than last year?

Hey there. You don't know me yet, but I hope you will. I only heard about you a few months ago. There is much excitement and anticipation as the family prepares to meet you.

When we are in the spring of our lives, everything is fresh and new. We have the energy to do seemingly anything, but we don't know it.

I love Christmas. If only for a short while, people treat each other a little nicer.

One of the great things about hunting is doing so with old friends. I dare say some of us would probably quit going afield if we were not able to make the trips with familiar old hunting partners. In fact, I know some hunters who did exactly that: When their old buddies were gone, they gave it up.

It is the first day of December as I write this, and all of a sudden it is wintertime!

There is no denying the whitetail deer gets most of the attention in the hunting world today, and that is OK. But I am a fall turkey hunter, and I thought we might talk a little about that.

There are hundreds of topics for the well-informed outdoors scribe to write about. I was starting to think I would have to call one of those for some ideas this week.

Are you a deer hunter? Do you like to hunt for big bucks? If you do, do you make a habit of judging the deer that others take and belittling them because you think the antlers were too small or the buck wasn't old enough?

Dogs, in case you don't know, can tell when you, the human, are happy, sad, lonely, confused, angry or furious.

It's almost fall, y'all.

Buddy Gross is the leading rookie and second in the overall points standings in his first season on Bassmaster's top tour.

It's tough to be a coyote.

The Gulf South Conference recently voted to delay the start of fall semester sports competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic to either the last week of September or the first week of October.

The crow is one of those animals that doesn't seem to have many friends.