Commentary: Kentucky lawmakers must embrace critical, commonsense legislation on gun safety
By Rep. George Brown, Jr. and Sen. Gerald Neal Special to NKyTribune Our nation has always loved its guns, but…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Snakes are common across rural Kentucky, and play beneficial role in nature
Snakes are common across rural Kentucky, and play a beneficial role in nature. Warming temperatures bring snakes out of hibernation,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Strength, flexibility training in offseason is key to bowhunting into 60s and beyond
Senior archers have the advantage of experience. Over the years they have learned when, where and how to hunt and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: As wet weather continues, monitor lake and river levels for fishing success
Our wet spring continues. Many of the state’s best fishing lakes are very high now, and localized flooding is likely…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: 2017-18 deer harvest update; 38 eastern counties impacted by EHD outbreak
With a month of hunting left in the 2017-18 deer season let’s take a look at the harvest, impacted somewhat…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Good weather forecast predicted for Kentucky’s late fall turkey season
A warming trend will create good hunting conditions for the opening weekend of Kentucky’s late fall wild turkey season. The…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Changing deer patterns can result in the ritual ‘October Lull’ for hunters
Most bow hunters will tell you the most difficult time to hunt deer during Kentucky’s 136-day archery season may be…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Bolt-action rifle chambered in 7mm-08 good choice for Kentucky deer hunters
Selecting a rifle for deer hunting in Kentucky need not be a daunting task. Hunters who are planning on buying…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee great addition for amateur naturalists
A deer hunter finds an acorn in the woods and wants to know what species of oak it came from;…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: EHD outbreak update shows reports of dead, dying deer now in 72 counties
In the past month the number of reports of dead and/or dying deer received by the Kentucky Department of Fish…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Regular cleaning of firearms will help protect your investment
With hunting season underway, rifles and shotguns are coming out of storage in gun cases or gun safes in preparation…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Cooler temperatures make outlook for new deer season promising
With Kentucky’s 2017-18 deer season set to open Saturday, with the start of archery hunting, the weather outlook for September…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Recent EHD outbreak centered on Eastern Kentucky deer population
In recents weeks reports have been trickling in from landowners finding dead and/or dying deer on their property around farms…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Changes to Kentucky’s bear season reflect expansion of population
Major changes were made to this year’s black bear hunting season to reflect expanding bear populations throughout Eastern Kentucky. In…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: If it’s August, it must be time to prepare for a new archery deer season
When August arrives, it’s time to start getting ready for the upcoming archery deer season. Kentucky’s 2017-18 deer season starts…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Eradicating invasive plants, tall fescue grass first step to better wildlife habitat
Landowners who want to improve wildlife habitat on their hunting property should make an effort every year to implement at…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The good times are long over, but memories remain from beloved first pickup truck
Author’s Note: I recently found this column I wrote 23 years ago, dated Feb. 6, 1994. I hope readers can…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: From film to digital, remote cameras have been used by hunters for ages
This is part one of a two-part series on the evolution of remote cameras from the film era to today’s…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Raccoons in the attic? Nuisance wildlife no laughing matter for people, pets
Kentucky is blessed with a diversity of wildlife – some 74 species of mammals, 380 species of birds, and 112…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Early Kentucky’s era of exploitation awakened conservation movement
This second article in a two-part series, in honor of Kentucky’s 225th anniversary of statehood, focuses on the 150 years…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: State’s 225th anniversary recalls Kentucky’s early bountiful resources, native peoples
First of two-part series, in honor of Kentucky’s 225th anniversary of statehood, explores the flora and fauna of early Kentucky,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Once upon a time, American bison was free-ranging native Kentucky species
During Kentucky’s pioneer era, longhunters and early explorers feasted on buffalo steaks and roasts. Herds were vast and had a…