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Hunters ready for gun season
Shotgunners are hoping to catch some of the same magic bowhunters have found when the three-day firearms season opens Nov. 16.

State parks, DNR may be focus of session
Closing state parks, cutting programs and services and even eliminating DNR

Is decline in deer population reason for fewer car crashes?
Is it a sign that the state’s effort to trim the deer herd is working?

State bucks trend, sticks with backtags
Michigan does not require deer hunters to wear a backtag.
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars – November 16th, 2012
Editor’s note: Conservation wardens typically don’t begin submitting their field reports from the previous month until about the eighth day of the current month. Because the deadline for this issue fell before Nov. 8, only

Sandy’s wrath stymies hunters
Focus shifts to cleanup, survival in NYC/L.I. area

New York Cuffs & Collars – November 16th, 2012
Northern District highlights Rattlesnake killed (Chemung County) In July, ECO Toni Dragotta received a complaint that a subject had killed a rattlesnake at Tanglewood Nature Center in Big Flats. Upon investigation, she determined that a
Primitive Weapon Rule for the Wisconsin Opener.
Make sure you know the rule before releasing an arrow or bolt Opening weekend is in a couple days and for this first time ever a person can use a “primitive” weapon instead of their