Hunting
New Hampshire moose hunt success rate dips
Partly due to unseasonable warm weather at the start of the hunt, officials say.
Female hunter numbers continue to rise in Minnesota
Nearly 70,000 of Minnesota’s 550,000 hunters are women, compared to 55,000 female hunters in 2010. Growth is thanks in part to Becoming An Outdoors Woman program, the state’s training and research effort that aims to
Wisconsin deer hunters should be naturalists, too
Being able to identify plant species and how animals use them gives hunters a more complete outdoor experience.
Hunter safety education helps keep hunting a Michigan tradition
Todd Switala has always been a volunteer. He’s coached Little League baseball, swim and soccer teams, led Cub Scout and Boy Scout groups, and he puts on an annual youth sucker-fishing tournament near his home
Nebraska pheasant, upland game bird hunters run into standing crops over opener
Good quail numbers were reported throughout the southern half of Nebraska, but very few hunters were targeting bobwhites.
Rut is near in Ohio, ahead of gun season
Traditional firearms hunt opens on Nov. 27.
DNR: Excellent waterfowl hunting still in the forecast
The outlook remains excellent over the next few days for both field hunting and water hunting, the DNR says in the most recent waterfowl migration and hunting report.
Camp Ripley sees 132-percent increase in hunter success during October archery hunts
Participation numbers were down, but those who did hunt experienced a record-high success rate of 13.1 percent.
Erik Thorson named DNR’s acting big-game program coordinator
The big-game program leader manages deer and elk populations and harvest seasons, and works with groups and individuals to manage seasons and populations.
