The Great Horned Owl: Profile of North America’s Tiger of the Sky
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is North America’s most widespread and formidable owl — a two-to-five-pound predator with a four-foot wingspan, feathered “horns” that
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is North America’s most widespread and formidable owl — a two-to-five-pound predator with a four-foot wingspan, feathered “horns” that
The most effective humane way to get rid of moles is to make your lawn a worse restaurant: cut back on watering so earthworms retreat
Yes — bears can climb trees, and black bears in particular are astonishingly good at it. A black bear’s short, curved claws work like climbing
Owls live on every continent except Antarctica, in nearly every habitat that supports prey — forests, deserts, grasslands, tundra, farmland, and city parks. What they
Moles and voles are completely different animals causing completely different damage. A mole is an insect-eater that tunnels underground after earthworms and grubs, leaving raised
The most reliable way to tell a black bear from a grizzly is not color or size — it’s shape. A grizzly has a prominent
Owls are strict carnivores. Every owl species lives entirely on animal prey — most commonly small mammals like voles, mice, shrews, and rats, along with
To donate venison, take your legally tagged, field-dressed deer to a processor participating in a venison donation program — most states have one, often under
Updated on September 7, 2026. This is a hunter how-to, not a diagnosis. Confirm drop-off sites, mandatory units, and carcass rules on your state wildlife
If a wounded deer crosses onto property you don’t have permission to enter: stop at the line. In most states, a hunting license and a
Fair chase is the principle that a hunter pursues free-ranging wild game in a way that gives the animal a genuine chance to evade, taking
A hunter education course is a state-approved class — typically completed either fully online, or as online coursework plus an in-person field day, or as
To tag a deer, validate your tag immediately upon recovering the animal and before moving or field dressing it — in most states that means
After you shoot a deer: stay put and watch it until it is out of sight, listening for a crash. Mark exactly where the deer
Tree stand safety comes down to four habits practiced every single hunt: wear a full-body harness and stay connected to the tree from the moment
Yes, you can hunt on your own land — but owning the ground does not exempt you from hunting law nearly as much as most
Updated on September 7, 2026. Confirm seasons, tags, baiting, and orange on the state wildlife page for the forest you are actually standing in. Confirm
A wildlife management area (WMA) is public land owned or managed by a state wildlife agency specifically for wildlife habitat and wildlife-based recreation, with hunting
Walk-in hunting access programs are state-run systems that pay private landowners to open their ground to public hunting. The hunter simply shows up, follows the
Deer tag draw systems decide who gets to hunt when demand for a tag exceeds supply. Instead of selling unlimited tags over the counter, a
Planning an out-of-state deer hunt breaks into five jobs: pick a state and unit, secure the nonresident license and tag, scout from a distance, sort
State-by-state how-tos: buy a deer tag in each state. Start with Michigan. To get a hunting license in the United States, you generally complete a
Hunting public land deer comes down to four skills: knowing which types of public ground you can legally hunt, e-scouting them faster and smarter than
Hunting deer from the ground without a blind is the original method, and it still fills tags: you build or borrow natural concealment, sit at