Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the newsletter. If you’re still with us, that means you’ve made it to the middle of yet another week.
With that said, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey and get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Upheld - Oklahoma’s Supreme Court sides with AG on tribal hunting disputes 🪶
Lifetime ban - Illegal Ontario moose hunt leads to lifetime ban for tagless poacher 🫎
Camelback caper - Pa. man arrested after shooting deer near resort, stockpiling weapons at home 👮♂️
Recreational reptiles - Louisiana’s recreational gator hunt bill is headed to the House 🐊
Crown him - The king of the Alaskan wilderness jaywalks across highway 👑
UPHELD
OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT BACKS AG DRUMMOND, UPHOLDS TRIBAL HUNTING AND FISHING RIGHTS ON RESERVATIONS
In a decisive and unanimous ruling issued on Monday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has sided with Attorney General Gentner Drummond by effectively upholding tribal members’ rights to hunt and fish on their reservation lands using tribal permits — and without state interference.
The court rejected Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s attempt to declare Drummond’s December 2025 legal opinion “advisory only” and non-binding. Instead, the justices left the opinion in place, refusing to let the state use the courts to override settled federal law on the matter.
This marks a major follow-up to the case we covered back in October, when Drummond personally intervened to dismiss charges against Choctaw Nation citizen Shawn Robertson, which was the first high-profile prosecution of a tribal member cited for hunting without a state license on reservation land. At the time, Drummond announced his office would take over and immediately dismiss all similar cases, calling the state’s enforcement efforts a “senseless attempt to ignore the sovereignty of the tribal nations.”
Now just five months later, the state’s highest court has his back…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
Illegal moose hunt leads to lifetime ban for Ontario man: A northeastern Ontario man has received a lifetime hunting ban and been ordered to pay $730 in fines following a pair of moose hunting violations in the Larder Lake area. Read the full story.
A wildfire-focused bill to ban beaver hunting on public lands dies in committee: A bill that would have banned recreational beaver hunting on Colorado public lands was killed in committee on Monday, March 23, after a four-hour debate. Read the full story.
Public meeting set for proposed waterfowl hunting season dates and bag limits: The proposal is similar to last year’s and reflects requests for more late-season opportunity. It includes a 60-day general duck season with a six-duck daily bag limit and a 60-day regular goose season with a two-bird bag limit. Read the full story.
Man charged after shooting, killing deer near Camelback Resort: Police say Michael Sukna, 22, shot and killed the deer near the entrance of Camelback Resort last week. When officers searched Sukna's home, they found a stockpile of weapons and hundreds of bullet holes throughout the house. Read the full story.
Recreational alligator hunting season bills move forward in Louisiana Legislature: Following the passage of Senate Bill 244 on Monday to establish a recreational alligator hunting season, Rep. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, presented a tandem bill creating the licensing and fees associated with the potential hunting season to the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee. The bill passed favorably with amendments, but its sister bill in the Senate is expected to face opposition when it reaches the House committee. Read the full story.
Minnesota's moose population shows signs of stability: The population appears to have leveled off after a steep decline from 8,000 moose in 2009. Recent estimates show the population has fluctuated around 3,700 animals in recent years. Despite signs of stability and reproductive success, Minnesota moose remain at risk, DNR researchers said. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
Bucket list. Absolute bucket list…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
“Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect.”
— Norman MacLean
HUMPDAY MEME // ALL IN MY FEELINGS
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
Even though Wired magazine is a shell of what it used to be, it’s founder Kevin Kelly still seems to be a pretty good dude and his 50 years worth of travel tips are worth the read. Police officers were called to a temple in Hong Kong after a couple of monks had enough of the tension in the room and got into an all-out brawl. Helen Hunt is about 20 years my senior but if you grew up in the 90s like I did, you most definitely had a crush on her. As such, I loved the movie Twister and always wondered what it would be like to get tangled up in the middle of a tornado (with or without Helen). Krispy Kreme’s unfortunate acronym, the discarded finger in Wendy’s chili and few more of the craziest fast food scandals from recent memory.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
This is Dave Lott and he sent this pic in to a photo contest over at Ontario Out of Doors. Dave says this young deer (he thinks is orphaned) has been hanging around his place and even though he claims to have never fed it, they’ve become good buds.
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