Off-duty Ohio DNR officer accused in shooting
Staff Report
March 28, 2023
An off duty officer for the Ohio DNR is accused of shooting his parents through a bedroom door at their southwest Ohio home.
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Man cited for using vehicle to intentionally strike three deer near Ely, Minn.
Brian Mozey
March 28, 2023
A 20-year-old man has been cited for purposely hitting three deer with his vehicle near Ely, according to DNR Conservation Officer Anthony Bermel. The incident took place on Tuesday, March 21, around 6:45 p.m., near
Two tournament anglers plead guilty in Lake Erie walleye scandal
Maggie Kelch
March 28, 2023
Two tournament fishermen who were facing felony cheating charges after they were disqualified from the Lake Erie Walleye Trail (LEWT) Championship in September of 2022 pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Monday,
Avid northern pike angler catches new Idaho certified-weight record with 40.76-pound giant
Staff Report
March 27, 2023
Idaho has a new certified weight state record northern pike after Hayden Lake in the northern part of the state produced the fish on March 21, 2023.
The new record fish, caught by angler
Three New York sportsmen honored at annual outdoors show
Dan Ladd
March 26, 2023
Held in late February, promoter Mike Hauser and State Assemblyman Robert Smullen took a special timeout at the show to honor its three featured guests.
Research shows many Illinois deer are exposed to EHD, but not all die
Lauren Quinn
March 25, 2023
It was the height of summer 2022 when the calls started coming in. Scores of dead deer suddenly littered rural properties and park preserves in Illinois, alarming the public and inconveniencing landowners.
According to
Fawn study providing much-needed deer data in Minnesota’s farmland region
Eric Morken
March 24, 2023
There are many areas of Minnesota where deer managers don’t have updated data in terms of fawn survival rates, but a study being conducted in the south-central area of the state is changing that in
Growth of youth archery in Illinois spurs state tournament’s move to Champaign
Staff Report
March 23, 2023
About 900 young archers from 42 Illinois schools have qualified to participate in the 2023 Illinois State Archery Tournament, set for March 24-25 at Champaign Centennial High School.
DNR is the partner-coordinator of the
New York DEC reports Avian Influenza outbreak at Reynolds Game Farm
Staff Report
March 22, 2023
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced a suspected outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus at Reynolds Game Farm, in Ithaca, affecting the farm’s pheasant population.
In operation since
