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Bowhunter kills escaped game farm deer
Sauk Rapids, Minn. — This past week, Conservation Officer Koleby Dingmann reported that an archery deer hunter in the Sauk Rapids area shot and killed a deer that had escaped from a nearby game farm.

DNR says wolf population in state continues to be stable in Minnesota
Ashland, Wis. — Minnesota was the only state in the Upper Midwest where wolves were not completely extirpated back in the days of bounties before the species was first put on the federal endangered species

Back at it: Returning to the deer woods after an injury
Deer season gets serious in New York’s Southern Zone on Saturday, Nov. 16, when the rifle season begins, and continues until Dec. 8. And no deer hunter I know can escape the excitement, myself included.

Wisconsin DNR one year with no secretary
It has now been more than one year since Adam Payne unexpectedly resigned from his position as secretary of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Since then, the DNR has not had a secretary overseeing

Will the Beaver Moon bring good tidings?
The bucks were coming out of velvet and the archery season was not yet under way. This seemed like a good time to try out my new camera for one of the main purposes for

Gearing up for Autumn Roosters
While I can’t back up the following statement with hard data, I would bet my favorite shotgun on this as truth: More than 80% of the roosters ever shot in North America have been bagged

Guv’s deer opener highlights Sandstone organization
This year’s Minnesota Governor’s Deer Opener was an event coordinated by the DNR, Explore Minnesota, the Bluffland Whitetails Association, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, the Minnesota Conservation Federation, and the Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center.

Barking Up The Right Tree
Legal light came and went. A solitary, camo-clad deer hunter lugged his gear over a series of downed trees on a path leading out of the Rome Pond State Wildlife Area near the town of
Grants available to landowners to help establish large forests
ELF expands on New York State’s popular Regenerate NY Forestry Cost Share Grant Program and is designed to support the creation of new forests crucial for mitigating climate change, providing wildlife habitat, protecting air and