Hunting
Elk on Sauk County farm is CWD-positive
The 5-year-old cow died while giving birth. The fenced farm has 15 elk, according to the owner’s most recent registration. The farm has been licensed since 1997 and is not enrolled in the CWD Herd
Applications open July 1 for Camp Ripley archery deer hunts
Starting Sunday, July 1, hunters may apply for the regular archery deer hunts at Camp Ripley near Little Falls, the Minnesota DNR said in a news release. The application deadline is Friday, Aug. 17. Hunters
North Dakota spring pheasant count down sharply from last year
Population index is down 30 percent from the same time last year; number of roosters heard crowing this spring reportedly down statewide, with decreases ranging from 15 to 38 percent in the primary regions holding
Breeding duck, Canada goose numbers improved from last year
“The survey is designed for mallards and our breeding mallard population remains above its long-term average.”
Study: Deer populations stable or increasing in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s latest fawn survival study shows near identical fawn survival rates over the last two decades and corroborates the relatively stable fawn-to-doe ratios collected from annual deer harvests. Consequently, Pennsylvania’s predator impacts do not appear
Second-ever Nebraska regulated mountain lion hunt set for 2019
The season will provide a harvest opportunity for up to eight mountain lions in two sub-units within the Pine Ridge of northwestern Nebraska.
Join in on the citizen science aspects of data collection for ruffed grouse
Hunters can participate in ruffed grouse monitoring this summer and fall in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
Reports: Farm Bill passed by House a mixed bag for sportsmen, conservation
According to reports, while there are some positive provisions for conservation and sportsmen’s access in the bill – the single largest source of federal conservation funding – it also includes a number of provisions that
First case of CWD suspected in Jackson County
Over 31,000 deer have been tested for the disease since May 2015. If confirmed by the federal lab, this would be the 58th CWD-positive deer in Michigan and the first in Jackson County. Chronic wasting
