WI Daily Update: Convenient ways to test your deer for CWD this season
The Wisconsin DNR reminds state citizens that there are convenient
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October 1, 2025
Storage matters when it comes to keeping wild meat fresh
As hunters and fishermen, one of our biggest problems is food waste. We have all been out hunting or fishing and brought home our quarry, processed it and put it in the freezer. Almost certainly we have gone to that freezer and found a package of frozen meat that is 2 or 3 years old.
We are then left with the dilemma of whether it is still good to eat or not? That answer is not as simple as good or bad. Like many things it depends on several factors.
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Study shows 72% of Illinois wetlands not protected by the federal Clean Water Act
Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.
Now, roughly 72% of the remaining 981,000 acres of Illinois wetlands are no longer protected by the federal Clean Water Act, putting communities at risk of losing the flood control, groundwater recharge, water purification and natural habitat these wetlands provide, a team of Illinois researchers report.
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MN Daily Update: Special deer hunts coming up soon
Minnesota hunters can take part in an early antlerless-only deer
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Galesburg angler earns Bass Nation state title in Illinois
Dustin Taylor took second place at the Illinois Bass Federation Classic on Pool 10 of the Mississippi River Sept. 20-21.
But that accomplishment followed an even more impressive one earlier in September: Taylor, of Galesburg, claimed Illinois’ Bass Nation state championship in a tournament held Sept. 6-7 on Pools 13 and 14 of the Mississippi.
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New York Conservation Council passes eight resolutions at group’s annual fall convention
The New York State Conservation Council held its annual fall convention Sept. 5-7 at the Great Camp Sagamore, in Hamilton County. An email to members following the event highlighted the fact that eight of nine proposed resolutions were passed at the convention, the most in nearly a decade.
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