Preliminary deer harvest numbers for 2016 at about 214K in New York
Updates expected as New York State Department of Environmental Conservation continues to upgrade deer harvest calculation system.
April 4, 2017
Find a feathered visitor nesting in your yard? Here’s what to do (and not to do)
Migratory birds, their nests and their eggs are protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and must be left alone. But there are rare times when humans can “intervene.”
Pennsylvania Game Commission names new deputy executive director
Thomas P. Grohol had served as director of the agency’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection.
Wisconsin DNR continues implementation of CWD Response Plan
Plan covers action items like surveillance and monitoring, education and outreach, biosecurity and safety, research, and public involvement.
High hopes for Lake Erie sport fishing in 2017
Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch fisheries are managed through an interagency quota system that involves Ontario, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.
Gearing up for trout season in New Jersey
Season opens Saturday; more than a half-million rainbows are being stocked this spring.
Illinois youth turkey season preliminary harvest totals a record 1,541 birds
This year, a total of 5,601 youth turkey permits were issued, including 106 permits for special hunt areas. Last year, 4,761 permits were issued, including 113 for special hunt areas.
A complex deer case: the antlered doe phenomenon
Oftentimes, a deer believed to be an antlered female is actually not a female at all, or may be part female. Or, the animal could possibly be a buck with serious reproductive problems — just a few of many possible explanations.
Scientists predict expansion of U.S. grizzly bear range, habitat
Since coming under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, grizzlies have steadily expanded their habitat outward from the population’s core in Yellowstone National Park.
