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Aiding Pennsylvania Game Commission, Department of Agriculture in fight against CWD is imperative
Stopping the spread of CWD is important to everyone who enjoys the outdoors, and helping the Game Commission and any other state agencies involved with this task should be a priority for all of us.

Another Montcalm County hunter-harvested deer suspected to have CWD
If confirmed positive, the 1.5-year-old buck, harvested in Sidney Township, would be the 11th free-ranging deer in Michigan found to have CWD.

DEC to New York State furbearer hunters, trappers: Know your special permit requirements
While coyote hunting season began Oct. 1 across much of the state, hunting seasons for other furbearers such as bobcat, raccoon, and fox begins Wednesday, Oct. 25.

Deer restocking program means big bucks for Alabama hunting industry
Alabama hunters reportedly spend twice as much each year as the combined annual revenues of the 10 largest companies in the state.

CWD found in two deer at Wisconsin hunting ranch
Bucks were among 40 deer reported to be on the 84-acre ranch in Waupaca County.

Activity is increasing in the whitetail woods
Bowhunters in Michigan are finding more and more rubs and scrapes, indicating that white-tailed bucks are on the move and the pre-rut activity surge has begun.

All three Pure Michigan Hunt winners bag elk, bear
One of the winners also drew an elk tag and, and when all was said and done, both he and his son harvested 6-by-6 elk on the same day.

Hunters asked to report banded roosters as part of pheasant research project
Pheasant hunters can voluntarily report roosters that were banded as part of a study being conducted by the Minnesota DNR. DNR Farmland Wildlife Populations and Research Group workers captured and banded roosters during a research

Explaining DNR’s mandatory CWD testing in central, north central, southeastern Minnesota
A video (above and at mndnr.gov/cwd) explains how to get deer tested for chronic wasting disease. Testing will be required in portions of north-central, central and southeast Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms deer