Misleading data, newspaper stories and letters to the editor have escalated fears and sometimes skirted the facts about coyotes. Statements like “exploding populations”, “not long before a child is bitten” and “live trap and remove” are misleading. Know the facts about coyotes before you make judgments about them.
Whether you’re just getting started in your quest to kill a turkey with a bow, or have been doing it for years, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more challenging critter to shoot than the wild turkey. A turkey’s vitals are tiny. Making matters worse, the super-small vitals are hidden by all the feathers. And the vitals seemingly shift depending on whether or not the bird is strutting. Like I said, they can be a very deceiving target. Here’s a...
It’s springtime in Massachusetts, meaning black bears are now active and searching for food. Help keep bears wild by removing bird feeders and securing garbage. Mass.gov/bears
Dogs, especially small dogs are vulnerable to predator attacks, coyote, hawks, owls, bobcats… These incidents generally involve coyotes who are accustomed or habituated to people usually due to wildlife feeding, or coyotes who are protecting their territory and pups during breeding season. Coyotes are smart and they will learn the schedule of your dogs outdoor routine. If your dog goes out every morning and every night around the same time, a coyote will lay in wait and will grab your dog...
You get it because you don’t know how to get it off of your skin. Let’s back up a bit. You’ve probably all had poison ivy at least once. You’re out in the woods having a great time. You get back to camp and it starts. That wretched itch. It’s terrible. It feels like it’s coming from the marrow in your bones and nothing you do seems to help.