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‘Let’s hunt twice:’ 2015 deer pins honor Mr. Cub
Next deer season’s mantra is still very much open for debate, but there is clearly a front runner.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – February 20th, 2015
Region I – Captain Laura Petreikis CPO Jones observed vehicles parked at a Mississippi Palisades Hunting Area during the late winter antlerless firearms deer season. The CPO stopped a hunter who came out of the

Buck age skewed in recent harvests
Illinois deer hunters have killed fewer 11⁄2-year-old bucks in recent years – a fact that is likely a result of an overall decreased harvest.

Angling for help, DNR Fisheries remains short
An already understaffed DNR Division of Fisheries faces the prospect of losing more bodies to retirement this year.
State seizes a dozen exotic animals from Ohio nature preserve
Ohio authorities began seizing a dozen exotic animals – including several tigers and a lion – in late January at an animal sanctuary

NRB members call Walker’s plan ‘mistake’
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to strip the state Natural Resources Board of its authority to set policy for the DNR would be a huge mistake and rob citizens of the chance to provide meaningful input

Walker budget: Stewardship land buys on hold until ’28?
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to put a 13-year moratorium on new land acquisitions through the state’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program is shortsighted, the program’s supporters say.

State-bound elk set for the next phase of move
The first step in the process of establishing an elk herd in Jackson County reached completion Feb. 9, when trapping of Kentucky elk ended for the winter.
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars – February 20th, 2015
District 1 — Ashland area Warden Lynna Gurnoe, of Bayfield, issued three citations in January for snowmobile registrations, one citation for an undersized fish, one citation for operating a snowmobile in a closed area, and