Hook and Bullet
The buck you didn’t mean to harvest – at least, not yet…
Mistaking a button buck for a doe.
Despite perfect weather, deer gun season off to slow start
Nearly 7,000 fewer deer killed this year compared to last opening day
Rodent disease discovered
Ohio had a pair of cases of tularemia, a disease that can infect humans and animals (particularly rodents), this year, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Ohio Cuffs & Collars – December 6th, 2013
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, received a phone call in the early archery deer season regarding a trespassing complaint. The gentleman advised Officer Teders
Survey says more hunters after meat
A national hunter survey conducted this year reveals an increasing percentage of hunters are going afield in pursuit of meat, as opposed to other reasons, like recreation or camaraderie.
Ohio officer guilty in illegal duck dumping
A former Bentleyville, Ohio, police officer told a state wildlife investigator “he had made the biggest mistake of his life,” disposing of dead Canada geese and mallard ducks in a popular Cleveland Metroparks reservation.
Michigan Cuffs & Collars – December 6th, 2013
DISTRICT 1 CO Doug Hermanson tracked down a subject who had posted images on a social network site of two bucks that he shot last year. The pictures showed a 7-point and a 10-point buck.
Michigan wolf hunt starts off slowly
Week one of Michigan’s first modern wolf-hunting season began with success early the first morning, and wolf registrations came in almost daily for a total of 11 wolves killed by Sunday, Nov. 25
CO candidates to begin intense training
After several years of slow but steady declines in the number of conservation officers employed by the Michigan DNR, the trend is about to be reversed.
