Hook and Bullet
Illinois shotgun deer hunters hoping for fast start
According to DNR figures, 29 percent of the firearms harvest last year took place on the opening Friday. Close behind was the Saturday harvest, which accounted for 28 percent of the harvest.
Oh say can she see? Deer research has eye for does
While research of deer eyesight is hardly new, Cohen and his colleagues at the Deer Lab at the University of Georgia have spent years trying to take things a step farther, themselves.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – November 14th, 2014
Region I Responding to a TIPS complaint of illegal baiting of deer and hunting without permission, a District 6 CPO located the suspect hunting from the treestand. While conducting an investigation, the CPO discovered the
New Illinois DNR report: Raccoons led the fur charge
According to the report, trappers and hunters sold nearly 15 percent more furbearer pelts last season compared to the year before.
NRB questions DNR’s influence on deer groups
County deer advisory councils have been meeting throughout the state, and one Natural Resources Board member wants to be sure the recommendations coming from the committees are really from the public.
Wisconsin’s wardens writing fewer citations; why?
An informal audit of citations written by DNR conservation wardens from 2003 through 2013 shows that the number of citations issued from 2011 through 2013 has dropped
Conservation Fund headed wrong way
A healthy balance in the state’s Conservation Fund is being eroded and the fund is “trending toward the red,” a state budget official told the Conservation Fund Advisory Board last month.
Striper cutbacks set: One fish, 28 inches
Tightened regulations on both commercial and recreational striped bass fishing will take effect Jan. 1 under a proposal approved last month by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board.
GOP-led Senate, Cuomo victory
Sportsmen and gun owners in New York state hoping for a political miracle – an upset win by Rob Astorino over Gov. Andrew Cuomo – saw those hopes fade under an avalanche of votes from
