Hunting
Make the hunt happen – don’t pin all your hopes on luck of the draw
Make the memories while you can, while your legs still allow you to hunt hard, and before something comes along that prevents you from doing what you love. You never know when your hunting time
Reported EHD cases in Illinois whitetails continue to dwindle, at 432 for 2018
The worst year for the disease in Illinois was 2012, when 2,968 cases were reported from 87 counties. In 2013, the IDNR received reports of 1,224 cases from 64 counties. EHD was virtually absent in
Homecoming dance? No, this Wisconsin girl is hunting
Hannah Hellesen, of Slinger, skipped her homecoming dance to go hunting with her dad and brother during the youth deer hunt. The decision paid off as she shot her first deer.
Preliminary numbers indicate bear kill below harvest target
In 2017, 1,691 bears were taken. This year, preliminary numbers appear to be slightly below the 1,500-target harvest.
Report: Duck, waterfowl hunter numbers continue to dwindle
But Canada goose numbers continue to increase slightly each week in most areas. And while wetlands conditions remain good, hunting pressure is extremely low and will likely decline further with the deer opener this weekend.
Closing in on the rut, Ohio deer harvest numbers still lagging
Hunters about 1,000 deer off of last year’s pace
Archers take 237 deer in Camp Ripley hunts
Hunters shrugged off mild, windy and wet weather at this year’s Camp Ripley bow hunts near Little Falls, taking 237 deer in two hunts over a total of four days, Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 27-28.
Are grizzlies impacting Montana deer, elk hunts?
Mostly lower-than-average hunter numbers and harvest success in second weekend, with grizzly sighting and reminder for hunters to be bear aware.
Action is heating up in the whitetail woods
Now is best the time for bowhunters to get into the woods and have a close encounter with the buck of their dreams.
