Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Fresh blanket of snow opens window to new discoveries about wildlife
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Newly fallen snow has a way of awakening the spirit of adventure in kids…
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Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Get out a calendar and plan for a bright future of hunting and fishing in 2016
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The coldest temperatures since the last visit of the Polar Vortex late last winter…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Pair of land donations provide funds for Conservation Camp upgrades
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The sale of donated land in McLean County and around Beaver Lake in Anderson…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Plenty to look forward to on state hunting and fishing scene in 2016
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune The first day of winter arrived last week but you wouldn’t have known it…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: State’s reputation as top deer hunting destination reinforced by record season
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Kentucky often comes up in discussions about the best places in the country to…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Take advantage of holiday break to get in some winter hunting and fishing
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune After the stress, bustle and eventual enjoyment of Christmas passes, many Kentuckians still have…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Appalachia’s maturing forests create poor quality habitat for ruffed grouse
Wildlife responds to the presence of quality habitat. Examples are all around us. Populations of temperature nesting (resident) Canada geese…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Simplifying holiday shopping for the outdoors enthusiast on your list
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Choosing the perfect gift for a hunter or angler on your holiday shopping list…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Dismal, dreary weather also means opportunities to catch smallmouth bass
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The recent spate of rainy and somewhat dismal days sends many minds toward the…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: With Farmer as host, KET program always kept focus on everyday folks
By Dave Baker Special to NKyTribune Twenty years ago, viewers of Kentucky Afield tuned their televisions to a most unusual…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Record duck numbers portend good waterfowl hunting in 2015-16
By Lee McClellan Special to KyForward The work done by conservation groups as well as state and federal fish and…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Data predicts hunters will experience no shortage of rabbits this season
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Rural mail carriers who volunteer to help the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Answers to common questions about state’s modern gun deer season
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune The Information Center at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources fields approximately…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Old school combo fly and rind still effective lures
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The swim jig and the swimming retrieve are now mainstays for trophy largemouth from…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Colder fall air can’t temper state’s record deer hunting hot streak
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Cold air poured into Kentucky over the past weekend and dropped overnight low temperatures…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: First aid kit a necessary piece of equipment for any hunting trip
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Hunters and anglers take great care to ensure they have all the equipment, gear…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Cooler waters, temps signal start of fall largemouth bass season
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The orange tint in the tops of mature trees portend what is coming our…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: State Fish and Wildlife strategic plan documents successes
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune A new feature on the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ website at…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: State offers special opportunities to introduce youth to hunting
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune She sits on a plastic bucket in a field with her toy wooden gun,…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Five questions for newly named state wildlife director Steve Beam
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Steve Beam gained a foothold with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Teal-only season gives waterfowlers additional hunting days
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune Kentucky waterfowl hunters have additional days to pursue teal in September. A teal-only season,…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Increasing numbers in state deer herd seen as ‘new norm’
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Kentucky receives national acclaim for the quality of its deer herd, and the numbers…