Art Lander’s Outdoors: Motorists, dog owner’s beware, skunk mating season a stinky proposition
Driving rural backroads or busy highways through wooded suburbs, motorists are likely to see skunk carcasses in the road this…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Woodpeckers are a Kentucky native negatively impacted by invasive Starling
Woodpeckers are found throughout Kentucky, and are most abundant wherever semi-open forests or big trees are present. In winter, several…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A look back at 20 years since inception of Kentucky’s elk restoration project
This is the first in an occasional series of articles on elk in Kentucky, in celebration of the 20th anniversary…
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: The Red-tailed Hawk, Kentucky’s most conspicuous raptor
The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a year-round resident, is perhaps the most conspicuous raptor in Kentucky. This large hawk, often…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Gray squirrels may be state’s most abundant, widely-distributed game animal
The Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) may be the most abundant, widely-distributed game animal in Kentucky. They make their homes…
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: Tree stands offer major advantages to Kentucky deer hunters
Tree stands are capable of taking hunters above the white-tailed deer’s line of sight and smell. That’s a big advantage…
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: How to use trails cameras on your property; tips on mounting, retrieving images
This is part two of a two-part series on the evolution of remote cameras from the film era to today’s…
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…