Trapping tradition alive and well in Michigan
Michigan DNR
November 10, 2017
Roughly 30,000 people buy fur harvester licenses in Michigan every year, about half of whom are trappers.
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Ducks dropping from sky in record numbers on Illinois and Mississippi rivers
Ralph Loos
November 10, 2017
Total ducks on the Mississippi River during the first week of November reportedly 146 percent above the 10-year average and 86 percent above late-October count.
Deer gun season is in the sights in Ohio
Steve Pollick
November 10, 2017
Make sure your weapon is up to speed before you get into the field this season.
Report: Waterfowl harvest numbers remain ‘very good’ – hunter participation numbers, not so much
Minnesota DNR Reports
November 9, 2017
According to the most recent Minnesota Waterfowl Migration and Hunting Report, the best opportunities remain in the south and central zone, especially for field hunting, and some opportunities should remain there through at least next
DNR adds to deer check stations amid stepped-up CWD monitoring
Michigan DNR
November 9, 2017
Wakefield and Watersmeet check stations help ‘Keep the U.P. CWD free’ efforts.
Expectation running high for a banner bear-hunting season in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
November 9, 2017
Game Commission says the state is poised for one of the better harvests ever, and state bear biologist said he believes there are some 800-plus-pounders out there.
Nebraska mulls whether to make upland bird hunters wear orange
Associated Press
November 9, 2017
Blaze orange – also known as hunter orange – is required for big-game hunting with a firearm but not for the roughly 93,000 hunters chasing pheasants and quail in Nebraska.
Keeping sea lamprey in check allowing lake trout to rebound in Great Lakes
Associated Press
November 9, 2017
State fisheries managers recently ended a trout stocking program in Lake Superior because hatchery-raised fish are no longer necessary to increase the population.
Wisconsin deer farm charged with running illegal hunting operation
Wisconsin DNR Reports
November 9, 2017
The accused were found to have altered the fence to allow wild deer to enter the facility, from which customers may hunt and harvest deer year round.
