Two of the best rigs i find work killer on large mouth are Traditional Texas-rigging normally means bumping a worm or craw off the bottom, or flipping a craw or creature bait into shoreline brush and cover. Like the Carolina Rig, though, the Texas rig doesn’t have to be fished slowly with a lift-and-pause retrieve. The wacky rig This is the best rig i believe it has never failed me give it a try if you have not already The wacky...
On The Water’s Kevin Blinkoff and Chris Megan enjoy a late-summer blitz on the banks of the Cape Cod Canal.
Best Turkey Bow Kill Ever Filmed – Closing the Distance
The rut is the common term to describe the breeding season of deer. Changes in the daily length of daylight serve as the trigger for hormone changes in deer that bring on breeding and the behaviors seen during the rut.
Not all antlerless deer will have a fawn or fawns when you observe them in the hunting season. Most of the females 2.5 yrs and older will have fawns, but very few yearling females will have fawns (typically less than 15% will breed as fawns: puberty is related to their weight). Again, regardless of predators, only about half of the antlerless deer seen can even have fawns.
Why is Sunday hunting prohibited? Sunday hunting is prohibited by a Statute, often referred to as a General Law. Click here to view the Statute. Statute vs. RegulationsThe only way to change a Statute is for a bill to pass in the legislature or for a ballot measure to pass. The bill could either address the issue through the bill language or have language that gives MassWildlife the authority to make regulations. To learn more about any current hunting-related legislation you can contact your local...
The Massachusetts 2019 Guide to Fishing & Hunting contains errors.
How Coyotes Conquered the Continent
The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a native species to all six New England states, having colonized from the south as far as the White Mountains and Lake Champlain during a warm period following the glacial retreat. In Massachusetts, the Timber Rattlesnake was formerly widespread and locally abundant in Essex, Middlesex, Worcester, Suffolk, Norfolk, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, and Berkshire Counties until the late-19th century.