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Deer tests positive for CWD in disease management zone
Buck taken during the opening weekend of archery season near Preston in southeastern Minnesota’s disease management zone.

DNR survey: Minnesota small game license sales down again in 2017
Biggest change came with pheasant hunter numbers, which saw a 32 percent drop from 2016.

New law allowing leashed tracking dogs to recover big game set to kick off with deer seasons
The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Mario M. Scavello, provides another choice for hunters who have shot and inflicted injury on a white-tailed deer, black bear or elk, but lose the trail.

North Dakota cuts bighorn licenses again as disease persists
North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is issuing only three bighorn sheep hunting licenses this year because the western Badlands population is still dealing with a deadly bacterial pneumonia outbreak.

Wisconsin DNR loosens criteria for elk hunts
Agency would consider heard structure, population dynamics and other metrics when setting permit levels.

CWD: Pennsylvania calling for a unified effort – to avoid becoming another Wisconsin
“The truth of the matter is if we don’t solve this problem the way it rose as we see in Wisconsin, Wyoming, West Virginia, Colorado, the future of deer hunting for your kids and your

Fall fishing tips – techniques to catch suspended autumn crappie
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.

DNR waterfowl hunting report: Hunters should see increased species diversity
Water levels remain fairly dry in the northern portion of the state but good to excellent across most of the rest of the state.
Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – Sept. 28, 2018
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the statewide early teal season opening weekend, state wildlife officer Maurice Irish, assigned to Delaware County, was on patrol at the Delaware Wildlife Area marsh when a