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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Archers need to wear blaze orange during youth deer season
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois Mixed Bag: CWD check stations, drop-off sites ready
DNR is reminding deer hunters about locations where deer can be tested for CWD free of charge. Hunters can visit participating vendors, including taxidermists and meat processors, or leave deer heads at self-serve drop-off sites.
Teal, pintail counts indicate migration into Illinois moving ‘just a tad slower’ than typical
Habitat conditions and food production along the rivers in west-central Illinois appear to be above average.
All that’s missing are the ducks. A turn by Mother Nature could change things quickly though, Josh Osborn
Sharpshooters provided 127 of 308 CWD-positive deer in Illinois
Between Jan. 22 and March 29 of this year, Illinois DNR sharpshooters removed 1,744 deer from 19 counties as part of the agency’s effort to monitor and control CWD.
Testing of those deer resulted
Ralph Loos: How many deer are there in Illinois? It’d be nice to know
Now and then some naive soul (dummy) goes out on a limb – sometimes literally – and attempts to either count the deer in his or her woods or, if they’re really of the ambitious
Mike Raykovicz: What New York hunters should know as CWD is found in captive deer
As many deer hunters already know, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been on the radar of wildlife biologists for years. CWD is an always fatal neurological disease affecting deer, elk, caribou, and moose and was
A wilderness experience in New York’s High Peaks, but be prepared
If a serious back-country hunting or fishing adventure is what you seek, the famed High Peaks Wilderness Complex in the North/Central Adirondacks can offer it.
New York Cuffs & Collars: Hunter caught over bait in Suffolk County
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.
New York Rut Tracker: Dark of the moon
Early November waypoint: Settle in your stand as it’s the “Holy Grail of Deer Hunting.” The rut is here!
It’s the dark of the moon and bucks will be their feet 24-7. It’s a
