Hunting
Hunting Lifestyle: the Dog Days of Summer
The summer months are a tough time to be a bird dog owner.
Fisheries eager for funds to swim in
The future is looking brighter for DNR on the heels of last fall’s passage of the Sustainability Bill, but the department is not out of the woods yet.
State gets three Farm Bill wildlife biologists
As Illinois prepares to lose sizable chunks of CRP acreage over the next year, one conservation group is reacting by literally putting more boots on the ground to help protect and grow quail and pheasant
Sportsmen anxious as gun bill tweaked
Hunters and recreational shooters across the state grew more anxious as Gov. Pat Quinn swiftly changed concealed carry legislation to put limits on the number of firearms and ammunition that can be carried at any
Targeted wolf take set at 275
With a minimum wolf count roughly the same this year as last, despite the harvest of 117 wolves in the state’s first modern-day season, the Natural Resources Board had little trouble approving a 2013-14 wolf
High demand for bear-harvest tags means a wait for hunters
Wisconsin has one of the largest black bear populations in the nation, yet some resident hunters remain frustrated by the long wait to receive a Class A license that’s required to harvest a bear.
Farm bill dies in House
Following extensive debate, a deluge of offered amendments, and finally, a full U.S. House vote that killed a farm bill, the federal conservation program situation remains much the same as it was at the end
Feral hog bill aims at source of swine
Hunting preserves won’t be allowed to possess boars
