Hunting
‘Super seniors’ at heart of Michigan deer-hunting tradition
According to Michigan DNR statistics, more than 7,500 people 80 years old or older bought a deer hunting license in 2016 and sales this year point toward that trend continuing.
Ohio’s archery deer harvest lagging behind last year’s numbers
Youth gun hunt scheduled for Nov. 18-19.
Preliminary tests: 7 more deer possibly infected with CWD in southeastern Minnesota
Lou Cornicelli, DNR wildlife research manager, said it isn’t clear whether the additional positives indicate a westward expansion of the disease or individual deer movements, given that all the presumptive positive deer were adult males.
Iowa volunteers donate deer hides to Veterans Leather Program
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The stench of raw deer scraps filled a cold, blood-stained garage earlier this week in northwest Davenport, but the two elderly gentlemen inside appeared unfazed. “A lot of guys wouldn’t touch a
Second suspected case of CWD reported in Montana
This is the second mule deer to be found suspect for CWD within the last week. If either of the reports prove positive, it would be the first case of CWD in Montana.
Positive CWD detection prompts baiting, feeding ban
The one-year-old doe was harvested in Greenwood township and is the first confirmed positive in Vernon County.
14-year-old girl shoots Missouri elk 200 miles from closest herd
A herd is being grown in southeast Missouri after elk were reintroduced at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in 2011. But the elk shot recently was 200 miles away from the Peck Ranch herd, between Hallsville
A pep talk, and a New York archery buck
Author was ready to surrender, then his
buddy called, convincing him to give it one more try. And it paid off.
Hunters register 145,054 deer through second weekend of season
Preliminary results through the second weekend show that the number of deer registered was up 10 percent from 2016.
