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BILL COCHRAN: New signs Virginia hunters embracing Quality Deer Management

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: National Bobwhite Committee to meet in Roanoke

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

MAILBAG: Reader doesn't see difference in feeding deer and food plots

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Loss of right arm leads to fly-fishing career

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Hunters say Coyotes tough on the deer herd

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

MAILBAG: In praise of Twin Lakes Outfitters

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Let's talk about the impact of largemouth bass virus

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Winners in Bill Cochran Youth Tournament

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Smith Mountain ranks high on list of top bass lakes

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: New name and sponsor for Optimist Fishing Tournament

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

MAILBAG: What’s all that slime in Jennings Creek?

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Spring gobbler season through the eyes of old-timers

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Sequestration to withhold millions from outdoorsmen

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia to get much needed boating access

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Botetourt Longbeards have much to gobble about

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

MAILBAG: More on national forest cutting and Sunday hunting

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Striped bass fishing improving at Smith Mountain, but now is not the time to ease regulations

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: 15-year-old bags third consecutive youth-day gobbler

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

MAILBAG: A campaign for young forest on national forest land

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Turkey hunters want more habitat management

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Gobblers sounding off; hunters counting the days

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

MAILBAG: Trout stocking and fox pens  

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Foxhound training proposals put more emphasis on chase, less on kill

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: John Crews of Salem crashes 100-pound mark in B.A.S.S. event

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

MAILBAG: Complaint on how trout are being stocked

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Meat hunting is forgotten when giant buck appears

Thursday, March 21, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Don't overlook small impoundments when searching for big bass

Thursday, March 21, 2013

MAILBAG: Quickest way to meet boat training requirements is a challenge exam 

Thursday, March 21, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Quail restoration in need of believers and workers (Part II)

Thursday, March 14, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: DGIF has 90-plus pages of proposed hunting regulations for consideration

Thursday, March 14, 2013

MAILBAG: Some deer late shedding their antlers

Thursday, March 14, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia's top quail crusador passionate about bringing back Bob

Thursday, March 7, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Another round in the foxhound training debate

Thursday, March 7, 2013

MAILBAG: It has been a tough winter for saltwater striped bass anglers

Thursday, March 7, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia's hunting totals produce mixed results

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Virginia General Assembly goes soft on outdoor issues

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

MAILBAG: Retelling an old Virginia elk story

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Saturday, May 25, 2013

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