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Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever issue alert on Iowa’s SF 516
In a Twitter post, Pheasants Forever said that Senate File 516 was created with the intent to dramatically limit the Iowa DNR’s ability to protect, restore, and expand public lands.
Illinois hunters, trappers tag most bobcats ever this past season
Illinois hunters and trappers had their best bobcat season ever.
According to DNR Furbearer Biologist Stan McTaggart, preliminary tallies show that a total of 383 bobcat permits were filled for the 2022-23 season,
New York’s 2022 black bear harvest falls just below average
Black bear hunters in New York had a fairly decent year in 2022, taking 1,318 bears, not far below the 2021 harvest of 1,346 and roughly 8% lower than the five-year average of 1,458. <br
De-extincting the Great Lakes blue pike may be worth looking at
Blue pike were most abundant in Lake Erie but they could be caught in Lake Huron and Lake Ontario as well and occasionally in the Niagara, Detroit, and St. Clair rivers. Blue pike closely were
At 100 years old, Penn State’s forestry fraternity still going strong
The Tau Phi Delta forestry fraternity at Penn State is well represented by generations of alumni now working in a variety of fields related to natural resources and conservation.
Quadruplet brothers from Wisconsin each spear a sturgeon
Quadruplet brothers from Greenville, Jack, Riley, Sam, and Evan O’Connell, all age 21, went four-for-four on sturgeon spearing this year on Lake Poygan. One sturgeon is among the heaviest ever seen from Lake Poygan.
Take this primer on wild mushroom hunting before hitting the woods
This time of year can be almost overwhelming with the number of pursuits it has to offer. Soon, thousands of people around the state will be hunting the elusive morel mushroom, and many for the
Expansion of wild turkeys into northern Minnesota defies what officials thought possible years ago
It was once thought turkeys would not survive the extreme cold and heavy snow of northern Minnesota. Half a century later, it’s apparent that those fears were unwarranted.
Buoyed by additional releases, along with
Wisconsin DNR game bird ecologist optimistic for 2023 turkey season
Only about 18% of the 2022 spring turkey permits issued by the Wisconsin DNR were filled during the past season, but that wasn’t due to a shortage of toms, so only poor weather could temper
