Hunting
Hunters register 161,057 deer through third weekend of season
The 2016 total harvest was 173,213 and to date firearms and archery hunters have harvested about 180,000 deer this year.
Finding the meaning that serves as the foundation of Wisconsin deer hunting in just the right spot
Solitary Sauk County rock becomes “the spot” the last three deer seasons for the Durbin gang.
Wild turkeys thriving, causing ruckus in San Francisco suburbs
MARTINEZ, Calif. — Turkeys are traditional for Thanksgiving. But some folks in the San Francisco Bay Area are praying the wild ones will go away. Introduced into the state for hunting decades ago, wild turkeys
Two hunters dead, three others accidentally shoot themselves on Wisconsin gun deer opener
MONTELLO, Wis. — Two hunters have been found dead in Marquette County during opening day of the gun-deer season. Authorities say a 57-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound in his ground blind in
In Pennsylvania, changes at elk-check station disappointing
From a public relations perspective, the commission clearly lost points with its “customers” — the hunters and guides.
Youth gun hunters harvest nearly 5,000 deer
That’s down by about 1,000 from last year.
Alaska board reaffirms ban on using planes to hunt sheep
KENAI, Alaska — The Alaska Board of Game has reaffirmed that using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting is illegal. The board recently narrowly shot down a proposal that would have repealed the
DNR Wildlife Section proposes statewide deer harvest goal of 190,000
Harvest goal is part of deer planning effort.
DNR: Federal lab confirms CWD-positive deer in Montcalm County
This is the 11th case of CWD to be confirmed in free-ranging deer in Michigan and second hunter-harvested CWD-positive deer in the county; three additional suspected positive cases in the county awaiting confirmation.
