Home » Hook and Bullet
Hook and Bullet

Semi-autos for hunting in Pennsylvania – what do hunters want?
If the Pennsylvania Game Commission follows the wishes of licensed hunters, the introduction of semi-automatic rifles into Pennsylvania hunting will be slow and deliberate.

Heads up: Committee to vote March 29 on bill related to deer baiting, feeding ban in CWD counties
Baiting, feeding ban in CWD-affected counties the one remaining tool the DNR has to slow CWD spread.

Pennsylvania hunters to see increase in antlerless licenses
Board of Game Commissioners gives final approval to 2017-18 hunting/trapping seasons.

Michigan DNR monitors waterfowl populations from the sky
In the 2016 survey, 157,028 ducks, 33,468 geese and 5,896 swans were observed. Goose observations increased in 2017, while duck observations were down about 5 percent and swan observations down 13 percent.

Personal late-winter deer survey shows decent numbers of whitetails
Author spent 45 minutes traversing his northwest Ohio environs looking for deer.

For 11 consecutive years, no new cases of CWD in New York state
In 2005, CWD was found in captive and wild white-tailed deer in Oneida County. After intensive disease response efforts, no subsequent cases have been detected.

Southwest Wisconsin deer/predator study holds untold potential
Five-year study one of the largest in the nation; researchers’ goal is to collar 100 deer per year.

Reasons for hunting often vary, always personal (video)
An honest explanation as to why Kristen Monroe hunts with her family

Former DU conservation manager picked for Illinois Conservation Foundation’s top job
DNR has been quiet, but the ICF website now lists Schenck as the executive director and even contains a biography that is dated April 3, 2017 — next Monday.