Hunting
Upland game numbers down in North Dakota
In 2016, pheasant harvest down 15 percent, sharptails 21 percent and Hungarian partridge 9 percent from 2015.
Duck, goose hunting drawings Aug. 19
State duck blind spots up for grabs through lottery.
Artists can submit designs for Minnesota waterfowl stamp
Wildlife artists can submit entries for the 2018 Minnesota Migratory Waterfowl Stamp contest from Monday, Aug. 21, through 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. The waterfowl stamp validation for hunting is $7.50 and for an extra
Applications open for Minnesota prairie chicken hunt lottery
Hunters can apply through Friday, Aug. 18, to be chosen for one of 125 permits for the 2017 Minnesota prairie chicken hunting season. The nine-day prairie chicken season begins Saturday, Sept. 30, and is open
In Vermont, successful bear hunters to aid wildlife research (video)
Hunters who harvest bears are required to submit bear teeth, which are used to determine the ages of bears, and wildlife biologists use age and sex data to estimate the number of bears in Vermont
In North Dakota, plotting out a PLOTS guide
The State Game and Fish Department recently posted the 2017 version of the North Dakota Private Land Open to Sportsmen, or PLOTS, guide to its website. In addition to the updated maps showing PLOTS acres
Illinois DNR sets waterfowl dates, bag limits
This year, Illinois will open the regular duck, Canada goose, and snow goose seasons on Oct. 21.
South Dakota chapter chairman named Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — Willie Gloe, chairman of the Fowled Up Chapter in Pierre, S.D., is Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year. He bested a field of seven finalists during a month-long, online vote.
In Washington state, tribes expand wolf hunting beyond reservation
They voted to expand wolf hunting in land north of its reservation to the Canadian border, where they retain hunting and fishing rights.
