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MI: Bans, baiting, wolves highlight year in review
Lake Orion, Mich. – There was no shortage of big stories in 2011. From the U.S. Forest Service’s announcement that it would consider a ban on gun hunting and snowmobiling in parts of the Huron-Manistee

Reaction mixed to Pennsylvania doe panel bill
It has been over a month since Rep. Mike Hanna introduced HB 2034, and other lawmakers are beginning to weigh in on the bill’s merits and its chance of passage.
PA: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 1
NORTHWEST REGION • Erie County WCO Darin L. Clark investigated numerous reports of deer carcasses dumped along roads. “Most deer show signs of being lawfully tagged and were just dumped to get rid of the

PA: Jefferson buck may be a new Pa. state record
“Good morning honey. Well, go get that big buck. Be careful, I love you lots! XOXOXO” Brookville, Pa. – That was the note Rena Altman left for her husband of 22 years, Dave Altman, on

PA: Corbett: We will form a sportsmen’s council
Harrisburg – Sportsmen might soon have a new voice with the Gov. Tom Corbett administration. And not a moment too soon. Just before Christmas, Corbett’s staff invited representatives from a number of organizations – the
OH: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 1
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • Wildlife Officer Supervisor Curtis Smith and Wildlife Officer Dirk Cochran, assigned to Morrow County, were patrolling Knox County, checking hunters during the early migratory bird season. The officers

OH: DNR Division of Wildlife balances its annual budget
Columbus – While fisheries management carves a large slice out of the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s fiscal pie, the state’s hunters still contribute more apples. For fiscal year 2011 – which ran July 1, 2010

OH: State resident tag policy spelled out
Comes after cases of illegal licenses being sold in Ohio Columbus – The DNR Division of Wildlife has now put in stone what has been implied regarding state wildlife officers assisting nonresidents to acquire resident

Bonus weekend kill down 4,000 in Ohio
Hunters harvested an additional 16,766 deer during the extra weekend of gun hunting, Dec. 17-18, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife.