Four counties have been added to the list of those open for the 2026 late-winter deer season, which will be held over two weekends (Jan. 1-4 and Jan. 16-18) in Illinois.
One county that
Early returns from the 2025 nine-day gun-deer season show Wisconsin hunters registered 182,084 total deer during the 2025 gun deer season, a number that is down 0.8% statewide from the 2024 final registration numbers.
Folks who support a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin can be encouraged that the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage held a public hearing Nov. 19 on Senate Bill 112 that would
A massive white-tailed buck taken Nov. 4 in Ulster County is rumored to have record book potential in the bow typical category, considering it is eventually scored by the New York State Big Buck Club.<br
Two subjects recently pleaded guilty and paid fines to settle charges related to the theft of items from a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation facility in Schuyler County earlier this year.
For Minnesota fishing guides and anglers who use tip-ups while ice fishing, there will be a new tool to potentially include in your arsenal when hitting the ice: automatic, non-motorized hook-setting devices.
John Dunn,
A radio-collared mountain lion caused a stir in northeastern Duluth on Wednesday, Dec. 3 as citizens reported sightings to local law enforcement and area schools secured students inside.
After it was spotted in northeastern
In spite of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) outbreak that plundered the deer herd in several southeast Ohio counties this summer, hunters still found enough whitetails elsewhere to give a glow to the opening day
In North America, chronic wasting disease now exists in 36 states and five Canadian provinces. It only appeared in one new state in 2025, in southern Georgia’s Lanier County.
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