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Ducks Unlimited, Pa. Game Commission partner to restore aquatic habitat in state game lands
The project, called the Pennsylvania Wetland Habitat Initiative, is a $6 million investment that aims to replace water-control structures and improve existing spillways and levees over the next three years at sites in 31 counties

Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest numbers presented to Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest was up at least 8.8% from 2021, according to preliminary numbers released in mid-February by the Department of Natural Resources.
Jeff Pritzl, DNR deer program specialist, told the Natural Resources

Wisconsin could switch to ‘numbered’ deer units
Wisconsin hunters may soon see a switch from managing deer by county units with no population goals to using numbered units bounded by areas of similar habitat that would have population goals. That’s the same

New York state budget to address gun laws and junior hunting age
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget offers provisions that, if eventually included when passed, would amend the 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, and would also make permanent what is currently the pilot junior hunting

Reader Stories: 75-year-old PA hunter takes 100th deer
As the passion continued to grow, I traveled to Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and even Alberta, Canada, in pursuit of the magnificent whitetail.

A look back at Minnesota’s 2022 deer hunting, and a look forward
I’m always micro-analyzing my strategies and hunts from the previous year, but this is also my favorite time to ponder on macro trends in terms of deer, deer hunting, and deer management.

How to fish around big crowds when Minnesota winters require it
I tell people that if they choose to fish near these popular areas, they should check the outside edges – around 100 to 200 yards away from the cluster.

Beating the winter blues, one fly at a time
Actually, the lie kind of, sort of, started the night before. With my wife, Bev, in Florida for nearly three weeks helping her elderly parents, I was left to fend for myself.

This winter, take a rabbit to lunch
Dan Small details tips for getting rabbits for the dinner table this winter by hunting them with or without a dog.