Hunting
Collaboration between private landowners, state game agency benefits North Dakota wildlife
In North Dakota, more than 93% of the landscape is privately owned, making private land essential to the future of wildlife, habitat and public hunting access.
Recognizing this reality, the North Dakota Game and
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula bear harvest exceeds predicted kill for fifth year
For at least the fifth year in a row, bear registrations in the Upper Peninsula have exceeded the Michigan DNR’s predicted harvest. This time, the difference between the two numbers is the second highest it
South Dakota’s outdoor issues heating up in Pierre
A slate of outdoor bills is making its way through the South Dakota Legislature.
Some of them failed quickly, while others are still waiting for their first committee hearing. As of February 5, here
Steve Piatt: Back to ‘work’ after deer season for good bird dogs
Molly and Riley, on this day, are happy to be back at work, happy that deer season is finally over and happy it’s time to pursue pheasants again.
They love their work, and don’t
Sick deer tests positive for CWD in Minnesota Deer Permit Area 604
In December, someone reported a sick deer in Minnesota’s Deer Permit Area 604, around Brainerd and Crosslake in Crow Wing County. The animal eventually tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
DPA 604 almost made
Michigan partnerships help turn donated hides into deerskin gloves for those in need
The DNR’s Hunters Feeding Michigan program recently yielded another deer-related benefit: In early February, five dozen pairs of insulated deerskin gloves were delivered to the Shelter of Flint, a provider of emergency shelter and transitional
Minnesota Mixed Bag: U.S. Senate vote looms on BWCA Watershed mineral withdrawal bill
Outdoor groups this week were monitoring when the U.S. Senate will vote on House Joint Resolution 140.
Life for a 2026 Farm Bill? Conservation officials ‘cautiously optimistic’
U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) informed his Republican colleagues that he hopes to mark up a new federal Farm Bill the last week of February, a development that has national conservation officials
Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania commission’s recent CWD measures contradict seriousness of disease
A recent measure approved by the Pennsylvania Game Commission board trashes the seriousness of chronic wasting disease.
For years, we’ve been told that moving high-risk parts — spine, brain, lymph nodes (which are located
