Hunting
New York Mixed Bag: DEC seeks hunter help for chronic wasting disease testing
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking hunters in several Herkimer County towns to assist with testing for Chronic Wasting Disease this fall.
In fall 2024, CWD was confirmed in a
Headless deer complaint launches investigation that ends in guilty plea in New York
A Wyoming County man has pleaded guilty and paid a penalty for numerous deer poaching incidents that took place in New York’s Genesee and Wyoming counties, following a nearly two-year ECO investigation.
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Dan Ladd: Like it or not, more changes welcome in a New York hunting season
As deer seasons continue to intensify across New York, especially in the Northern Zone where hunters are on the cusp of both the early muzzleloading season and firearms opener, hunters are once again deciphering changes
Wisconsin Roundup: Clearing up any confusion on turkey hearing; and bears producing many cubs
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 8:30 a.m. at the DNR’s headquarters in Madison.
During the proceedings, the DNR will ask NRB members to approve several scope statements
Wisconsin DNR, Department of Health Services working up new plan to decrease use of lead ammo
As attention turns more and more toward non-toxic ammunition, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) learned more about a new ad hoc inter-agency team encouraging hunters to reduce exposure to lead.
The Department of
CWD ‘prevention plan’ hits Wisconsin legislature
Wisconsin Rep. Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) and Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) introduced what they are calling a “CWD Prevention Package” containing three bills that “aim to combat, monitor and increase awareness around chronic wasting disease (CWD).”
Try these outside-the-box deer hunting maneuvers
Rustling leaves can be deceiving, another squirrel. A stick snapping signals something much heavier. The rhythm in the leaves causes my heart to pound from adrenalin. It has to be a deer approaching. Clutching the
Late-arriving canvasbacks make this a hunt to remember
Chuck and I sat listlessly, perched on 5-gallon buckets while guarding a little pothole off the big water where ducks like to settle in for the night. We had tried fishing – unsuccessfully – earlier
Paddling to your duck spot? Here are ways to be more successful
A drake wood duck blazed past me as I leaned against an old cottonwood tree that stood alongside a narrow slough in the Mississippi River bottoms of southeastern Minnesota. I shouldered my 12 gauge and
