Hunting
Wisconsin quarantines deer, elk farm after CWD positives
The National Veterinary Laboratory confirmed that a 15-year-old whitetail doe and a 2-year-old elk cow tested positive.
ODNR needs your help with turkey, grouse counts
Sightings can be submitted on website.
Carcass registration: Is it worth anything anymore?
Has Wisconsin’s change to electronic registration resulted in lower reporting by deer and turkey hunters?
Emergency order shortens Fairbanks area’s moose hunting season
“Bull-to-cow ratio has been declining for the last several years and is likely due to the harvest rate that is too high for this population. Reducing the season length will help the ratio recover.”
Cicada hatch fuels near-record turkey kill
Harvest third highest on record, thanks likely in large part to a localized condition that happens only once every 17 years.
Pope & Young Club names record-tying non-typical Coues deer
The Pope & Young Club announced that a Coues deer taken by Wesley Ely of Wilcox, Ariz., in August 2017 in Arizona has tied the non-typical world record for the species. The buck, which was
Ohio hunters see spike in harvest, total 22,571 turkeys
That’s up more than 1,500 birds from last year.
Iowa hunters harvest 11,700 spring turkeys, down 100 from last year
Turkey hunters reported harvesting 11,700 Iowa birds this spring, which is 100 birds fewer than were harvested in 2017. Iowa’s spring turkey seasons began April 7 with the youth season and ended on May 20.
Porcupine encounters become a prickly situation
For dogs’ sake, this writer is keeping porky numbers in check.
