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Rising to the challenge posed by anti-hunting comments and questions
Be prepared to counter anti-hunting comments on social media. The future of hunting depends on it.

Typical spectrum of opinion follows ending of rifle deer season in Pennsylvania
Although it only takes a day or two until results – and opinions – start rolling in from hunters who were out at the start of Pennsylvania’s rifle season for deer, I like to wait

Bowhunters ahead of last year’s pace; muzzleloader hunters come up short
DNR reports that harvest sex ratios during the three-day muzzleloader season were 55 percent does and 45 percent bucks males (2,040 to 1,660).

So what happened to promised action on CWD response plan?
Dan Meyer’s arrival as new Wisconsin DNR secretary cited as reason for delay.

New Jersey bear hunt protested amid likely extension
Last week, a hunter killed the 4,000th bear since the bear hunt resumed in 2003, following a three-decade moratorium.

Boundaries, rules set for late-season deer hunt in CWD zone
Boundaries for a special late-season deer hunt to help control chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota’s Fillmore County have been expanded to include portions of three surrounding deer permit areas, the DNR said in a

DNR: Precautionary test results show no new outbreaks of CWD in wild deer
Given no deer with CWD were found in north-central and central Minnesota, the DNR will narrow surveillance next fall to areas closer to the farms where CWD was detected. A fourth precautionary surveillance area will

No record-setter, but another nice Nebraska bighorn
CRAWFORD, Neb. — Nebraska’s limited bighorn sheep season wrapped up recently when the second of two permit holders harvested a ram near Fort Robinson State Park’s Cheyenne Buttes. Jack Nemeth of nearby Chadron, who won

Leftover pheasants available for Wisconsin Christmas upland hunts
Wisconsin DNR releasing a few birds from the Poynette Game Farm around Dec. 25 in several southern Wisconsin public hunting areas.