http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Mon, 24 May 2010 17:04:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Mac Moad Tanner Colten Moad, 5 years old, is one of the coolest kids I know. The youngest of 4 children of mine, Tanner never stops moving. Before gun season in central eastern Oklahoma, the traditional bow season usually takes priority. I had taken the first week ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/24/starting-out-young/ Send Pictures to: Todd Krater U.S. Hunting Today Managing Editor todd@ushuntingtoday.com Note: If you want a picture posted and do not have a digital copy I would be willing to scan it for you.  Please contact me for details. US Hunting Today reserves the right to refuse any picture for any ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/24/picture-this-mac-the-dog/ By Mac Moad The first week of October was finally here.  The first three days were spent in my favorite stand watching 3 raccoons in which I had named Larry, Curly, and Moe.  The mother raccoon was slightly bigger than the two younger ones, and seemed curious to every movement surrounding ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/03/bow-hunting-grand-slam-2007/ Whether hunting public or privateland, the fundamentals of calling elk remain the same. By Michael Waddell We heard the bull bugle at first light and snuck into his core area. When I hit a lick on my bugle, the bull simply came unglued and stormed our position like a tank, crashing ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/20/calling-elk-bow-close/ by Tom Remington This is a warning to outdoor users about a potentially deadly biological event that could result from one’s curiosity to poke at and kick through scat from wolves, coyotes and foxes. Of course not everyone knowingly does this but many hunters, trappers and simply the curious, ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/18/a-warning-to-outdoor-users-about-echinococcus-from-worms/ With all the great stories, equipment, adventures and people out there I thought it would be great to get some pictures.  If you have any pictures from a hunt, your gear or best of all you geared up that would be great.  If you send in pictures I will post ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/15/picture-this/ By Scott Ellis Spring gobbler season is now on the horizon and felt it was time to touch on some important questions that are asked frequently by turkey hunters across the nation. I have enlisted the assistance of two my friends Sadler McGraw and Chris Kirby to aid in answering the ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/10/15-spring-turkey-questions-answered-by-the-pros/ By Patrick Murphy of Rocky Mount, NC 6am finds me on schedule to my first listening location. The air is cool and sharp, there's no wind. The thick smoke from my breath hovers around my head as I stop to listen. It seems thick enough to convince me it's hampering my ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/20/early-morning-gobblers/ By Blaine Cardilli ~Ever wonder why some set ups work and some don't?~ As a die hard turkey hunter and seminar speaker for both "Hunters Specialties" and "Northwoods Adventures TV", I get asked a multitude of questions each season on how to set up on turkeys. Do you use a decoy? Do ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/the-art-of-setting-up-on-turkeys/ News and Comment by George Dovel About George Dovel: Following several decades of close association with state and federal wildlife mangers as a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, a qualified volunteer on assorted wildlife research projects and a member of several fish and game advisory committees, George Dovel offers a unique perspective ... http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/a-new-solution-to-non-game-program-funding/