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What is a trophy buck? It’s likely in the eyes of the beholder/hunter
By John L. Sloan, Target Communications Outdoor Books The term “trophy buck” has been around about as long as black powder. Or maybe a lot longer, since big antlers have been found in prehistoric campsites.

Enjoying the annual phenomenon that is white geese traveling through southeastern Pennsylvania
The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, where thousands upon thousands of snow geese stop for a rest and food on their way north, saw a huge jump in geese numbers within a week, to the
Ohio Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Feb. 16, 2018
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • One night at Indian Lake, state wildlife officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, was conducting nighttime sport-fishing enforcement and observed an angler fishing under a light. When

Tribes use annual speech to call for tougher CWD regulations
MADISON, Wis. — A Menominee Indian tribal member is asking the Wisconsin Legislature for tougher action to stop chronic wasting disease and to join the fight against a Michigan gold mine. Gary Besaw delivered the
Pennsylvania Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Feb. 16, 2018
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Butler County SGW Randy W. Pilarcik reports four hunters were pheasant hunting on a local regulated shooting ground and one hunter shot the dog handler while shooting at a
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Feb. 16, 2018
DISTRICT 1 CO Brian Lasanen assisted the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department with a snowmobile that caught fire. By the time the officers arrived, the fire was out and the only thing left of the snowmobile
Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Feb. 16, 2018
District 1 – Baudette area CO Eric Benjamin (Warroad) worked angling and snowmobiling enforcement. Enforcement action was taken for transporting fish without a patch of skin, possessing fillets on a special-management water, and possessing an

Pennsylvania hunters split on use of semi-automatic rifles
Survey responses showed there was support for using semi-automatic guns for furbearers and groundhogs, but not for big game.

For first time, CWD found in Mississippi deer
Four-year-old buck was found dead and emaciated in late January near the Louisiana border, prompting the banning of deer feeding in several counties.