Expert hook sets and broken rods: A cautionary tale
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com My brother-in-law came back from trout fishing on year-around waters in the Sierra Nevada...
A comprehensive primer on calling valley and Gambel’s quail throughout the year
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Most quail hunters don’t have a clue on how and when to use a call during the hunting season...
Survey: DFW employees love their jobs, but think management is taking agency in wrong direction
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Department of Fish and Wildlife conducted its first in-house “engagement survey” earlier...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to disperse $41 million in federal funds to CDFW
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will receive just under $41 million, a...
Inmates are running the asylum: Anti-gun laws keep getting crazier
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com There was bad news this week for gun owners in California: three of the four anti-gun laws...
Lip service or sweat equity? How to do things that matter for local wildlife
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Though social media and the Internet, we can keep up our friends -- and with the enemy. Who...
Fred Hall Show is March 2-6 at Long Beach Convention Center
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Fred Hall Show is a family-owned institution that has been part of Southern California’s...
A solution to a problem he created: Obama designates 1.8 million acres as new national monuments in
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com President Obama created three new national monuments in the Mojave Desert on Feb. 11 this...
Who should be appointed to the state Fish and Game Commission?
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com There are currently two openings on the state Fish and Game Commission. This Commission sets...
Musings on hunting as this year’s seasons end
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com This is the last weekend of the last of the popular hunting seasons in California, with...
