Hunting
New York deer harvest numbers up 5 percent
The 2016 deer take included 106,055 antlerless deer and 107,006 bucks.
South Dakota proposes hike in buffalo hunt fees
Would increase the cost to hunt a trophy buffalo in Custer State Park by $1,500, making the new fee $6,500. The cost to hunt a non-trophy bison bull would increase $1,000 to $3,250.
Wyoming tribes propose wolf-hunt buffer zone
Request seeks a temporary suspension of wolf hunting altogether and a 31-mile no-hunting “sacred resource protection safety zone” along the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park.
South Dakota sees drop in pheasant hunters, harvested birds
Harvest data shows a continued correlation between the pheasant population and the number of acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
In South Dakota, nonresident waterfowl hunting issue coming to a head
Some resident hunters fear the commercialization of waterfowl hunting in the state, while some business interests want more nonresident hunters and their money in South Dakota.
Northern Maine hunters rotating weeks for turkeys
Turkey hunters are allowed two bearded turkeys per year in most of the state. But in far northern Maine, hunters can take only one. And the state rotates legal hunting weeks based on hunters’ year
Waterfowl hunting seasons, regs set for New York state
DEC: Waterfowl hunting seasons provide diverse opportunities across the state.
In Minnesota, 13 elk licenses available; northwest elk research continues
Licenses will be available for two concurrent elk seasons in Kittson County’s central (zone 20) and northeast (zone 30) zones.
CWD numbers continue to rise in Pennsylvania wild deer
Chronic wasting disease sampling in 2016 turns up 25 positive cases, all in the area of DMA 2 — the only area of the state where CWD has been detected in the wild.
