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Swine aren't so fine: New York's pig problem
DEC grapples with eradicating feral hogs

Taking dead aim at the SAFE Act
‘Shot heard ’round New York’ event a resounding success

Deer hunting season: As the Cubs say, there's always next year
As the 2013 Illinois deer season wraps up, I can say with a fair amount of certainty, that this season, at least in southern Illinois, was, well, ho-hum at best.

Muzzleloader kill chilled by temps
It would appear that Winter Storm Ion has frost-bitten Ohio’s statewide muzzle-loading deer-hunting season.

Venison donations down from 2012
With a nearly to-date six-ton shortfall in donated deer, the DNR Division of Wildlife is encouraging the state’s sportsmen to participate in the annual Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry program.
So far, the

Columbiana County buck scores big at 1932⁄8
Jason Erb, of Alliance, almost gave up hunting but the score that paid off for him this year made him glad he changed his mind.
Ohio Cuffs & Collars – January 17th, 2014
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officers were working a night enforcement project in early November, targeting spotlighting in Knox County. During the project, a stop was made on suspicious vehicles that

Army Corps releases its report on Asian carp
A report is not a plan, and a plan is needed to combat the Asian carp that appear ready to invade the Great Lakes, say some elected officials of a long-awaited report from the U.S.

State’s wolf hunt comes up short of goal
Michigan’s wolf season started out with 20 wolves killed and registered in the first three weeks, an average of about one wolf per day. At that point, the 43-wolf quota seemed reachable.