The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is postponing the trout stockings scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 13 at Blue Pit, Mason City, and Bacon Creek Lake, Sioux City, due to unsafe ice conditions.
The stockings will be completed after the ice thickens. A press release will announce when the stockings have been completed.
Iowa DNR postpones trout stockings in Mason City and Sioux City Read More »
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff will provide updates on recently completed hunting and trapping seasons, discuss possible changes to hunting and trapping rules and regulations, and address other topics as requested.
The reintroduction of wild turkeys to Iowa’s landscape has been celebrated as a conservation success story for the past 25 years. But Iowa’s turkey population is showing troubling signs: the numbers are down, nests are failing and fewer poults are surviving.
It’s not just an Iowa problem – turkey populations are declining in many states in the Midwest and across the eastern half of the United States. A group of midwestern states met in North Dakota in 2023 to discuss turkey population concerns and projects that are planned and underway.
Researchers looking for insight into Iowa’s wild turkey population decline Read More »
The open water fishing in North Dakota in 2023 was record breaking according to Greg Power, fisheries division chief, and hard water anglers were eager to see if the winter fishing would stay hot.
“It was incredible how many calls we got … a lot of positive things were said about the walleye fishing in North Dakota in 2023,” Power said. “And it wasn’t any one water.”
An average of 41% of North America’s deer hunters successfully harvested at least one deer during the 2022-23 hunting season. In addition, 17% took two or more deer that season.
This is one of the many findings and statistics to come from the National Deer Association’s Deer Report 2024, released Jan. 11.
The 2023 deer-hunting seasons have concluded, and the Minnesota DNR is wrapping up collecting final harvest numbers and CWD samples for testing. As it had most of the season, the DNR saw an 8% decrease in total deer harvest compared with 2022.
Todd Froberg, DNR big-game program coordinator, said the preliminary reports show 158,746 deer harvested in 2023, as of Jan. 5. In 2022, the total harvest was 172,265.
Minnesota’s deer kill tops out at 158,746 in 2023 Read More »
Golden retrievers have been a part of my life since the mid 90s when Buck entered our lives.
I had no intention of bringing a dog into our household at that time. In addition to a pair of daughters, our family included fish, birds, gerbils, cats, and a rabbit at that time. In fact, at one point I threatened to move out if we adopted another animal.
Commentary: Doggone it, everybody needs a ‘Buck’ in their lives Read More »
For most of the Frozen Chozen last year wasn’t a particularly great ice fishing season in the northeast. Mother Nature took care of that with above normal temperatures just when the ice should have been getting thicker.
So when we do get out this season there is bound to be some anxious moments and some mistakes made. Fortunately bluegills are pretty tolerant fish but even gills get antsy and shy away from grievous errors.
The right timing is key for winter bluegills where good ice is fleeting Read More »
Selecting 10 top hunting and fishing films should be fun,
MN Daily Update: Here are five of our top 10 best hunting and fishing movies Read More »
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