COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL If you’ve been a regular reader of my column over the years, then you know I’m not a fan of house cats […]
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SAMUEL: Do deer and turkey eat morels?
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL I ran into some friends as I walked at the Morgantown Botanic Garden and they asked me whether deer and turkey eat […]
SAMUEL: Some external signs of deer problems
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL Periodically I get emails from readers who have seen a deer that just doesn’t look normal. They write because they want to […]
COLUMN: Some house-keeping advice for sustainably foraging ramps, morels
It’s no secret that foraging for ramps and a variety of woodland fungi has started to become more popular over the last few years. I ask myself […]
OUTDOOR NOTEBOOK: West Virginia Backcountry Hunters and Anglers chapter’s river cleanup good way to ring in Earth Month
The freezing temperatures the last two days have been a stark contrast to the warm, breezy days we had just last week. It’s a clear reminder from […]
Volume 2, Episode 3 – Call of the Northwoods, Part 1
Listen now! Listen to “Volume 2, Episode 4 – Call of the Northwoods, Part 1” on Spreaker. Episode 3 is here, and with it comes a call from […]
Mtn Dew promising $1M to outdoorsmen and women, nonprofits through outdoor stimulus program
The government isn’t the only one handing down stimulus packages: Mtn Dew is helping out, too, just in different terms. The soda company recently announced its second […]
COLUMN: Some positives for West Virginia hunters and anglers in the age of COVID-19
Hindsight is 20/20 – quite literally. As I write this piece on March 23, it was about a year ago I sat in my old apartment’s home office […]
SAMUEL: The positives and negatives of COVID-19 for wildlife
I’ve written about some of the obvious negatives of the pandemic on wildlife. The loss of hunters and tourists in Africa and parks around the world has […]
OUTDOOR NOTEBOOK: Spring gobbler season is just under a month away, but it’s time to get some preparations done
I always feel funny reading and writing preparation stories. Hunting is such a subjective thing that anything I write can either be taken as elitist by some […]
