
Firearms deer kill down 8 percent through three days
The biggest factors in the reduced kill were corn and wind

The biggest factors in the reduced kill were corn and wind

Thirty-year fisheries research and management veteran replaces Dirk Peterson, who retired in October.

The table for the deer opener seemed to be pretty well set: Deer were becoming active, and a little new snow on the ground confirmed the animals were up and around.

Since a conference committee convened for its initial federal farm bill meeting two weeks ago, little in the way of progress has occurred.

Wolf hunters who hit the woods this weekend for the state’s second managed wolf-hunting season experienced about what they did last year.

The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply.

Baudette man faces $375 in fines and restitution for killing a tundra swan in Lake of the Woods County in October.

A decade ago, hunters killed 290,000 whitetails in a single season. They followed that with four more seasons during which they killed at least 255,000 in each of them.

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