Hook and Bullet
Would coyote bounties really help restore Pa. deer numbers?
Studies indicate coyotes do influence deer populations, but they also show that bounties and increased predator trapping may be futile in long run.
Game Commission’s decision not to release pheasants infected with cholera was the right call
Only question is, what took the agency so long to make the obvious right choice?
EHD had impact on herd
Even skeptics agree that there’s no real way to attach a finite figure to the number of deer killed by Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease across the state in 2013.
Wolf case a reminder that cougars aren’t alone
The cougar shot in November wasn’t the only large carnivore to make major wildlife news in Illinois during 2013.
Hunters seemingly have mixed views about deer
Hunters surveyed online and at last June’s public deer meetings tended to contradict themselves when answering questions about the state’s deer herd, summaries of both surveys indicate.
Illinois Cuffs and Collars – January 10th, 2014
Region I A District 1 CPO responded to a call of a lost hunter in Lowden Miller State Forest. The CPO located the hunter on the neighboring property and gave him a ride back to
Wolf hunt offers DNR new insights
Wisconsin’s second wolf season provided new insights into hunting and trapping the state’s most controversial wildlife species, but results varied so widely by zone during the first two seasons that it’s tough to predict how
Plight of ciscoes the focus of a new study
The DNR is in the early stages of a long-term study of what appears to be a degrading cisco population in inland lakes.
New bobcat, elk zones on the books for 2014
It was a long time coming, but Wisconsin’s bobcat hunters and trappers will have a season in southern Wisconsin for the first time in recent history starting in 2014.
