Hunting
Meetings on CWD preclude testing effort in Illinois
The final Illinois DNR information meeting on the state’s CWD situation is scheduled to be held Oct. 2 in Adams County. Which means deer hunters who attended one of the 10 gatherings have a better
Illinois Mixed Bag: Trapping permit drawing for nine sites scheduled
DNR will conduct a public drawing for the allocation of trapping permits for nine different state locations on Oct. 11 at Siloam Springs State Park in Adams County.
Ralph Loos: As Southern Illinois ‘Wildlife Lab’ turns 75, quail interview remains most memorable
John Roseberry led me into a nondescript office, handed me a coffee, pointed to a chair and somehow managed to lasso and lock down my attention for exactly 5 hours and 47 minutes. Seven coffees
Need extreme taxidermy fix? Go visit Wisconsin’s John Balfanz
John Balfanz’s rural Prairie du Sac home in Wisconsin is filled from top to bottom with “entaxied” animal mounts. There are shoulder and euro mounts of white-tailed deer. There are turkey tailfeathers and beards. There
Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest is a Long Island hunting and recreational option
Long Island’s Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest is, at 191 acres, certainly not the biggest state-owned parcel in the state.
Deer hunters in New York’s Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge offered lead-free ammo rebates this fall
New York’s Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is among 13 such areas where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending the Voluntary Lead-Free Hunting Ammunition Incentive Program for the 2025-2026 deer hunting season.
Dan Ladd: Drought conditions take a toll across New York
Back in the spring, when rains were washing out fishing trips and turkey hunts, I mentioned in this space that I wasn’t too complacent in terms of potential future drought conditions.
The indicator at
New rules in effect for nonresidents using public lands in Oklahoma
New this year, nonresidents in Oklahoma accessing certain public hunting and fishing areas for any reason must check in and out of the area, and most nonresidents hunting game birds on a state wildlife management
Junior big game hunt runs Oct. 11-13 in New York; here’s what to know
Another youth big game hunting weekend is about to take place in New York, as Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 11-13, marks the annual hunt for junior hunters ages 12-15.
During what is labeled a
