November 22, 2017
More than 51,000 deer harvested over first weekend of Illinois gun season
That’s down from 54,452 deer taken during the first firearms weekend in 2016.
Chronic wasting disease discovered in Winona County farm deer
Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirmed results with the USDA, has already quarantined the herd and started disease investigation.
After Day 3, Pennsylvania bear harvest numbers still down significantly
Hunters harvested 318 bears, raising the three-day total to 1,628 – about a 30-percent decrease compared to 2016. Extensive rain on the season’s opening day blamed for decline.
Representatives from Wisconsin make CWD pitch in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of Montana’s first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease, a bill has been introduced by Reps. Ron Kind and Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin that would give states and tribes the funding and other assistance needed to fight the disease in deer, moose and elk that threatens the nation’s big-game
CWD discovery in Montana means restrictions for hunters from North Dakota
North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is adding Montana to the list of states from which the movement of deer carcasses into North Dakota is restricted. The goal is to keep the disease from spreading throughout North Dakota.
6-year-old girl bags buck under Wisconsin’s new hunting age law
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin kindergartener is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state’s minimum hunting age. Lexie Harris, 6, is no stranger to the woods. Her dad, Tyler Harris, has taken her along on his hunts since she was 3. But it wasn’t until Gov. Scott Walker signed the new
Fish houses and wheelhouses require license purchase for ice fishing
New definition of portable shelter expands types of structures needing to be licensed
