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Ontario fur auction surprising with prices paid out to trappers
When the number of Chinese fur buyers that asked for invitations to attend their March 19-21 Fur Harvesters Auction, Inc., (FHA) sale reached 100 (so that they could apply for travel visas), there was optimism

Ohio Insider: New research revealing interesting information about Ohio’s turkeys
Researchers from Ohio State University and the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife have been studying wild turkeys for a couple of years now as part of an ongoing project.
I asked Mark Wiley, the

Project aims for better data on Michigan’s turkeys
No fewer than 10 dozen female wild turkeys will be fitted with GPS transmitters as part of a “first of its kind” project aimed at helping Michigan DNR better understand the bird.
Movements and

Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: 22nd Annual Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Day
The Allegheny National Forest, along with event partners, will host the 22nd annual Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 9. Volunteers are invited to assist in the removal of trash from the watershed.

Pennsylvania’s elk herd, and hunting it provides, growing
The news released by the Pennsylvania Game Commission about the state’s elk herd and elk hunting at the agency’s April 10-11 meeting was all positive.
First, according to Jeremy Banfield, commission elk biologist, the

Field notes from a mesmerizing spring waterfowl spectacle
I went on my first spring goose hunt recently, and it made quite an impression.
I’ll share those impressions below, but I must start by breaking a rule of journalism. I cannot tell you

Pennsylvania lawmakers propose hunter education course in schools
A state senator and a state representative are proposing that Hunter-Trapper Education Course opportunities be made available in schools across Pennsylvania.
Sen. James Malone, a Democrat from Lancaster County and minority chair of the

The fun of hunting: A series of quiet decisions
On a crisp Illinois morning, when frost clings to prairie grass and the sky shifts from indigo to gold, there is a quiet excitement that is hard to describe to someone who has never experienced

Megan Plete: Ready for turkey season
There is nothing like turkey hunting. The feeling of hearing gobbles echoing in the distance, and the increasing excitement as those sounds get closer and closer.