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:
Just win, baby - The late Kyle Busch draws coveted Maine bull tag from beyond the grave 🏎️
Restoration - NY officials are shoring up state’s pheasant program aiming to get more small game hunters out in the field 🪶
Backing the blue - New PA bill will offer discounted hunting and fishing license fees for current and retired LEOs 👮♂️
Inaugural elk - Colorado’s new $15 million wildlife crossing had its first pedestrians 🌉
Feeding ban extended - Minnesota DNR adds two more counties to its deer feeding and attractants ban 🍎
That’s a first - Watch as a fish interrupts a game of fetch and swims off with this dog’s ball 😲
OF COURSE HE DID
STILL WINNING FROM THE OTHER SIDE: KYLE BUSCH DRAWS COVETED MAINE BULL MOOSE PERMIT
In the unforgiving arena of big-game lotteries, where odds laugh at the prepared and reward the persistent, the late Kyle Busch has seemingly pulled off one last improbable victory.
This past weekend, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced the winners of its annual moose permit lottery. Among the thousands of hopeful names drawn was one that stopped more than a few readers in their tracks: Kyle Busch, of Denver, North Carolina. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, who passed away on May 21 at the age of 41 after a battle with severe pneumonia that progressed to sepsis, had applied for the permit weeks earlier…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
New pheasant management plan aims to get more New York hunters into the field: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently updated its management plan for ring-necked pheasants. The new plan is a marked shift away from past efforts to restore wild populations of the bird to getting more small game hunters. Read the full story.
Bill looking to discount hunting, fishing licenses for law enforcement passes PA Senate: The Pennsylvania State Senate unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35) on Tuesday, June 23, that would give current and retired law enforcement officers discounted hunting and fishing licenses. Read the full story.
Wisconsin DNR Seeking Landowners To Host Fall Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds landowners who are interested in sponsoring a Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities to enroll their properties, by July 1, 2026. Read the full story.
Colorado’s Massive $15 Million Wildlife Overpass Just Saw It’s First Elk: Colorado wildlife officials have recorded the first elk using the new Greenland Wildlife Overpass along I-25, a major milestone for the the world’s largest wildlife overpass on a major roadway. Read the full story.
DNR extends deer feeding ban to 2 more Northern MN counties: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added two Northern Minnesota counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban. The ban now extends to Becker and Clearwater counties. Read the full story.
Results are in for Michigan’s coveted bear, elk license drawings: Hunters have been selected for Michigan’s 2026 wildly popular and hard-to-get bear and elk licenses. More than 100,000 hunters apply annually for these limited license seasons. This year, 6,278 bear licenses and 200 elk licenses are available. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
😲 Ever seen a fish take off with your dog’s ball? Watch as this fish got himself in the middle of a game of fetch and refused to give up the ball.
The dog and I both still can’t believe our eyes…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
The deer hunter habitually watches the next bend; the duck hunter watches the skyline; the bird hunter watches the dog; the non-hunter does not watch.”
— Aldo Leopold
HUMPDAY MEME // DAMN RIGHT
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
Building a house in Big Sur for about $8,000 (it was 1967). I have become more of a desk jockey than I had originally anticipated in my life. It’s fine and I’m fortunate to get to do what I do, but damn that dead butt syndrome is real. How angry, out-of-work fishermen saved the patriots during the American Revolution. And I can assure you I am not putting blackberries into my whiskey but apparently a lot of you are.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
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