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Idaho guide jailed, loses his hunting rights for life
A Pocatello man was sentenced to prison and permanently stripped of his hunting privileges following a lengthy investigation into an illegal guiding and poaching operation in eastern Idaho.
Joelseph Jenkins was sentenced in Teton

Illinois bill updating trapping language awaits a signature
Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that would modernize portions of the state’s trapping regulations, bringing Illinois more in line with current national trapping standards.
Senate Bill 3152, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Joyce and approved

Illinois Mixed Bag: Fishing Clinics Set at Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Offered in partnership with DNR’s Urban and Community Fishing Program, the free clinics will teach participants basic angling skills, including casting, knot-tying and fish identification, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District

Ralph Loos: Illinois has gradually shifted toward an older buck population
As you probably realize, I typically refuse to let numbers tell a story, because that’s why William Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss – and before them cavemen, though more likely cavewomen – invented words.
So

Commentary: Colonial-era land grants still impact Long Island sportsmen
In 1686, Thomas Dongan, “Capt. Generall Governor in Chiefe and Vice Admirall in and over the Province of Newyorke and Territoryes Depending thereon in America,” executed a patent granting the Trustees and freeholders of the

Looking back: New York’s spring turkey season puts a focus on youth
DEC partnered with clubs in several counties this spring on youth turkey hunting events that include (clockwise, from top left) Greene, Jefferson, Oswego and Suffolk counties.

Minnesota DNR seeks input on three-duck limit proposal
The Minnesota DNR invites public comment on a proposal to create an optional, alternative three-duck bag limit.
“Waterfowl hunter numbers have declined significantly within the past 20 years due to many factors, including the

Visitors to Vermont’s public lands may see a fee increase
Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage.
Moments later, Shortsleeve, who

New York Mixed Bag: DEC activates summer harmful algal bloom system
DEC’s New York Harmful Algal Bloom System (NYHABS) is now active and provides simple user- and mobile phone-friendly reporting of HABs. The public is encouraged to report any sightings of suspected blooms through the NYHABS