Hook and Bullet
IL: Poaching charges involve ‘trophies’
Springfield – High-dollar antlers are causing legal and ethical problems for hunters who covet and pursue them. Two separate major deer poaching cases came to light in a one-week period earlier this month, putting focus
IL: Strength in numbers; groups push conservation message
Washington – With Congress’s fledgling “super committee” currently considering major federal deficit reduction, a new coalition of some 1,000 groups and businesses have joined “in urging Congress to consider the economic impacts of the great
IL: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 23
Region I A District 1 CPO arrested two Savanna men for wanton waste on opening day of the north zone waterfowl opener. The two subjects were observed hunting waterfowl over a period of a few
Fewer fall shotgun turkey hunters, fewer birds taken in 2011
Firearms turkey hunters in the state took 638 birds during the 9-day season, down 11 percent from last year’s total of 716. “This continues a long term trend in both declining harvest and participation in
AR: Water manipulation required in NE Arkansas, but WMAs still good for opening day
JONESBORO – This week’s heavy rainfall is forcing the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to manipulate water levels on several wildlife management areas in northeast Arkansas. The measures are necessary to prevent damage or failure
AR: DU, AGFC improve habitat management capabilities at Cut-Off Creek WMA
MONTICELLO – Just in time for waterfowl season, Ducks Unlimited and its partners recently completed a wetlands restoration project on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Cut-Off Creek Wildlife Management Area. “Southeast Arkansas is known
AR: Reducing the bugs can increase deer hunting enjoyment
LITTLE ROCK – That main event now underway – modern gun deer season – will be more satisfying if you keep the bugs out of it. Bugs – insects in various forms and sizes –
AR: Orange isn’t just for deer, bear and elk hunting
LITTLE ROCK – You may be a specialist who only hunts squirrels. Or maybe it is just rabbits. Still, you need to have a hunter orange cap and vest available at certain times. The requirement
No hunter ed is no problem for most Oklahomans who still want to hunt this weekend
Four changes to the state’s hunter education requirements took effect in August, resulting in more opportunities for Oklahomans to try hunting while making hunting safer for the state’s youngest big game hunters. Now in effect,
