Hook and Bullet
‘Wired Arrow Outdoors’ owners, pro-staff, charged with illegal harvest of 18 deer
An Illinois Conservation Police investigation into the Wired Arrow Outdoors television show has resulted in the company’s owners, pro-staff members and guests being charged with 134 wildlife violations
Firearms harvest is down, but is it because hunters are choosing to fill fewer permits?
Recently, at a public meeting with the DNR, I asked if the continuous decline in hunter harvest reflected a decrease in the overall deer population and vice versa.
Wisconsin buck kill continues to drop
Preliminary opening weekend buck kill of 48,926 down 9 percent from 2013
Could another snowy owl irruption be brewing for winter 2014-15?
After an influx of the predators last year, birders already have reported a few snowies in continental U.S. as far south as central Illinois in November
The bucks stop here (and there)
According to Clint McCoy, a typical buck’s range increases from 2.5 miles a day during the pre-rut to roughly 3.5 miles per day during the rut.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – November 28th, 2014
Region I While patrolling an area along the Ogle/Carroll County line that has had past road hunting and shining violations, CPOs observed a male subject wearing blaze orange driving slowly down the remote gravel road.
Wolf kill: Will it exceed quota?
As of Nov. 18, there had been 142 wolves registered by trappers and hunters, animals that count against the 2014 statewide quota of 150 animals.
Outdoors amendment rejected by N.D. voters
In what nearly everyone thought would be a close race almost right up to election day, voters on Nov. 4 overwhelmingly defeated North Dakota Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment Measure 5
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars – November 28th, 2014
District 1 — Ashland area Warden John Krull, of Superior, was on patrol in Douglas County when he located a pickup parked at a boat landing. The truck’s owner is under a term of revocation
