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July 3, 2025

Grant County escapes Wisconsin’s holiday deer hunt as NRB approves framework of 2025 season

In a show of support for recommendations by County Deer Advisory Councils (CDAC), the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved the 2025 deer season framework June 25 that includes a holiday hunt and extended January season in 44 Farmland Zone units.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had agreed with all CDAC recommendations except for not including the holiday hunt and extended archery hunt in Grant County.

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Top duck hunting club in southern Illinois closed after baiting case

A southern Illinois hunting club that described itself as the top waterfowl harvesting commercial club over a 15-year stretch and claimed to hold the state record for Canada goose harvests has been ordered to close its doors for two years after admitting to a federal charge of baiting.
Burns Hunting Club, which for decades hosted duck and goose hunters in pits on the south side of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, was given the order by a district judge after club owner Hugh Thomas “Tom” Burns, Jr. admitted to the baiting charges.

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Retailers eye crossbow sales with expanded use for hunters on the horizon in New York

While bowhunting enthusiasts wait to see if Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign new legislation that would significantly expand the legal use of crossbows for hunting in New York, archery retailers across the state are anticipating a surge in demand for the sometimes-controversial weapon.
After years of political maneuvering, and opposition from groups that believe crossbows give hunters an advantage other archers don’t have, both houses of the state legislature overwhelmingly approved a bill this session that would redefine crossbows as longbows, and regulate their use in similar fashion to longbows, recurve bows and compound bows.

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