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Deer permits costing visitors
While there are certainly many hunters in Illinois who are just fine that the state’s non-resident deer permit fees are higher than any neighboring states, Brock Campbell certainly represents the other side of the equation.

Harn marks his ‘five decades at the scrape’
When Alan Harn waltzed onto forested Fulton County property in 1962 and quietly took a seat, there was no inclination that he’d still be sitting there 50 years later.

A full year later, rare shooting of deer hunter causing ‘devastation’
The two father-and-son pairs arrived before dawn, each having received permission to hunt deer on the private land in northwestern Illinois.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – November 2nd, 2012
Region I A District 1 CPO testified at a sentencing hearing that on Nov. 19, 2011, at approximately 5:33 a.m. a fatal firearms deer hunting incident occurred in JoDaviess County in which an East Dubuque

Cornell hunter takes first wolf of new season
Staring at the photo of a wolf hanging from a rafter, Jim Lane declared, “That was probably 99 percent luck. Probably any eighth-grade kid could make the shot I did.”

Spring turkey permit numbers to rise in ’13?
Wisconsin turkey hunters can look forward to better turkey hunting next spring – all things considered – along with a few extra permits.
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars – November 2nd, 2012
District 1 — Ashland area Warden Jill Schartner, of Drummond, investigated a case involving two subjects with nuisance bear tags who were hunting bears. They were hunting outside of the nuisance bear area. Charges are

DNR sends suggestions for state park hunting and trapping to NRB
If the Natural Resources Board accepts a DNR recommendation in December, sportsmen could begin hunting and trapping in state parks Jan. 1, 2013, with some limitations and exceptions.

New CWD regs hit business
N.Y. taxidermists, meat processors, hunters affected