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Iowa spring turkey hunters far exceed last year’s harvest totals as 2023 closes
Despite a rainy cold closing weekend across much of state, Iowa’s wild turkey hunters reported a harvest of more than 14,800 birds through the mandatory registration system, an increase of nearly 3,000 versus the 2022
Ample CWD chatter at Wisconsin’s Waupaca County meeting
It wasn’t an action item on the agenda, but chronic wasting disease (CWD) generated plenty of discussion May 2 at Waupaca County’s Deer Advisory Council meeting in Manawa.
The council met to recommend deer
The good and bad coming out of the New York State legislature
Gov. Kathy Hochul was finally able to bring Congress together and pass a state budget, and there’s good news, but at the same time – and not all related to the budget – there some
A leg up on gobbler spurs
Gobblers have amazing strength in those legs that power the spur. Years ago, I shot a pterodactyl of a tom while hunting woodcock over a point by my English Setter, Briney.
New York Cuffs & Collars: Tickets issued to taxidermist, hunter for violating CWD regulations
Field reports from New York DEC officers published in the May 19, 2023 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Michigan DNR wants public input on management of state game and wildlife areas
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is developing a recreation and habitat management plan for seven state game and wildlife areas across southern Michigan that have managed waterfowl hunts.
Michigan hunter tagged ’22 bear weighing near 600 pounds
Samuel Wiltzius from Marquette shot one of the heaviest black bears killed in Michigan during the 2022 season while hunting over bait in the Carney Bear Management Unit in the southern U.P.
It was
New York teen bags big Missouri tom with seven beards
A Saratoga County teen has shaken up the turkey-hunting world this spring after bagging a seven-bearded tom while on a hunting trip with family and friends in Missouri.
Joey Berlin, of Clifton Park, had
Campbellsport’s Rick Heisler is Wisconsin’s hunter education instructor of year
Rick Heisler, of Campbellsport, was recognized twice this year for his longtime work as a hunter safety instructor.
In March, the DNR notified Heisler he was the recipient of the 2022 Wisconsin DNR Hunter
