December 12, 2023

Christine Thomas: A great 2023 deer season is a wrap

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin / Christine Thomas

For reasons that I do not know, and that do not matter to this narrative, my husband, Stan, had arranged to meet a client at the Arnott Milling Company in Arnott. I was waiting in the Suburban, undoubtedly scanning my iPad, when I was startled by a guy who was motioning for me to roll down my window. Arnott seems like a pretty safe place, so I did.
“Did anyone shoot Indy?” he asked.

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For Minnesota’s Fred Bengtson, four decades with the DNR was an extension of a lifetime with wildlife

Featured, Hunting, Minnesota, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / Tori McCormick

Fred Bengtson left his job without even the rumor of fanfare.
He didn’t give a farewell speech to his staff, or emote on social media. A party? No chance.
After nearly 40 years working for the Minnesota DNR, the last 21 as area wildlife manager in Sauk Rapids in Benton County, Bengtson did it his way. He just retired.

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How much deer disease can society tolerate? Wildlife managers weigh effects, results of culling

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, Opinion / Russ Mason

Culls in one form or another are how we produced domestic animals and many crop varieties (selective breeding is a form of culling).
It’s been used to change antler qualities behind fences and tried as a method to change antler qualities in free-ranging deer (doesn’t work). Many hunting regulations (e.g., enhanced doe harvest) are just culling programs aimed at changing buck-to-doe ratios.

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