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March 20, 2025

Ohio Division of Wildlife finds more CWD positives in 2024 hunt

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The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife confirmed that 24 white-tailed deer harvested during the 2024-25 hunting season tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
A total of 5,783 deer were tested, according to the Division of Wildlife. Twenty-three deer were shot by hunters in Allen, Hardin, Marion, and Wyandot counties. For the first time, a deer harvested by a hunter in Morrow County also tested positive for CWD.

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New twists emerge in Pennsylvania case involving pet deer that was confiscated

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With a sharp rebuke to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele withdrew all charges against a Connellsville woman forced to give up the pet deer she named Baby – but the story has not ended there.

While Tammy Shiery, 64, of Bullskin Township, no longer faces misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, obstructing the administration of law or other government function, or disorderly conduct, or a summary count of unlawful taking of game, she has vowed “to move mountains” to get Baby back.

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Memorable stories from the field with North Dakota warden Ken Skuza

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Like many growing up hunting, fishing and trapping, my memories of our North Dakota game wardens were my first exposure to natural resource law enforcement.
In LaMoure, it was Harold Bellin. In Valley City, Delbert Tibke. Prior to becoming a game warden myself, I rode along with Ken Skuza who took me under his wing and helped mentor me in my first post at Bottineau. Here’s a few of warden Ken Skuza’s favorite stories in his own words.

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Land deal leads to 450-acre wildlife management area on Minnesota’s Mantrap Lake near Park Rapids

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For the first time in roughly two decades, Hubbard County is getting a new state wildlife management area that Minnesota officials say will be open for business this autumn.
But that’s only part of the story. Last week’s “historic” 449-acre land purchase by the Minnesota Land Trust and Northern Waters Land Trust is noteworthy because the new WMA will reside on a significant portion of the now-former 3M corporate retreat on Big Mantrap Lake near Park Rapids.

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Will crossbows for all continue in Minnesota? Extension heads to House floor

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March 11 was a busy day for the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee in Minnesota. It heard bills on extending crossbow use for all, the need for a statewide wolf survey, preventing the sale of state-owned land in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and a public waters inventory moratorium.
A statutory change in 2023 that allowed all Minnesotans during the archery deer season to use crossbows without medical or age restrictions had a sunset date of June 30, 2025. However, under a bill, H.F. 1531, proposed by Rep. Josh Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, the expiration would be deleted.

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Trout by the thousands – spring season in Illinois opens April 5

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The three decades of spring trout fishing in Illinois has remained mostly unchanged — except for the occasional adjustments.
A few sites have been adjusted for the 2025 season, which opens April 5. But otherwise, the summary is similar: DNR has stocked 80,000 rainbow trout at 58 lakes and ponds. And again this year, a catch-and-release fishing season will preclude the regular season by opening March 22.

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