
2025 black bear take up 4% in New York
New York hunters harvested 1,759 black bears during the 2025 hunting seasons. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, that’s second only to the 2003 harvest.
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New York hunters harvested 1,759 black bears during the 2025 hunting seasons. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, that’s second only to the 2003 harvest.

An 80-mile stretch of railroad between Thief River Falls and the Canadian border has some residents worried after finding corn and dead deer along the tracks.
A train carrying grain through the area had

Conducting the research in a CWD Management Zone in Minnesota poses challenges for the researchers as bait cannot be placed without having control measures around the bait to exclude deer. The box traps are used

Approximately 20 people were arrested on Sunday, March 15 after a group of self-proclaimed “dog lovers” stormed a breeding facility in rural Dane County, Wisconsin.
The activists, many from out of state, bashed locks

As a 41-year-old in relatively good health – and someone who still plays competitive soccer with men 20 years younger – I shouldn’t get gassed climbing a mountain.
However, I do recall sucking wind

Since 1986, the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society has handed out an annual conservation award that recognizes organizations and individuals that show outstanding commitment to the state’s natural resources.
This year’s Conservation Award

Across Pennsylvania and around the bassing world, suspending jerkbaits are widely celebrated as outstanding springtime producers.
During early spring, some days seemingly the only lure that garners any action is this kind that rests

While first typing these words, March 2026 was delivering a foot of snow to Minnesota. Last week looked and felt like winter, but warm weather already had ruined the ice. What is an angler to

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation documented seven hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) during the 2025 hunting seasons, and none were fatal, according to a recently released report.
The total lands below the
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