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Top duck hunting club in southern Illinois closed after baiting case
A southern Illinois hunting club that described itself as the top waterfowl harvesting commercial club over a 15-year stretch and claimed to hold the state record for Canada goose harvests has been ordered to close

Retailers eye crossbow sales with expanded use for hunters on the horizon in New York
While bowhunting enthusiasts wait to see if Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign new legislation that would significantly expand the legal use of crossbows for hunting in New York, archery retailers across the state are anticipating

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service debuts new federal and junior duck stamps
The 2025-2026 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp – commonly known as the Duck Stamp – went on sale recently. The new Federal Duck Stamp and its younger sibling, the Junior Duck Stamp, debuted

Updated: Deer hunting proposals up for comment in New York
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced several proposed regulation changes to streamline use and reporting of hunting tags and provide new deer hunting opportunities.
The proposed regulations consists of

Outdoor Heritage Council’s habitat tour shines light on importance of funding for Minnesota’s outdoors
A group of about 30 people stood in knee-high prairie grass high atop a peak amid rolling hills that overlooked Lake Christina in west-central Minnesota on a sunny June 24 afternoon.
Shawn Papon, a

Here’s how to keep your duck dog sharp during the offseason
There is no such thing as a fully-trained dog. It doesn’t quite work like that, although we often frame it that way. There are dogs that are well trained, but they still need to run

Minnesota DNR’s electronic license system launch date still to be determined
The early-March deadline for the Minnesota DNR to roll out its revamped electronic license system for users to buy fishing and hunting licenses or register recreational vehicles has come and gone with no new system

Steve Pollick: Time for Ohio’s hunters to act like deer managers, not just big buck hunters
It is high time that Ohio’s deer hunting community return to being the “Buckeye Doe-Nation.”
Our state’s much heralded deer herd is breeding and eating itself out of house and home, reaching record numbers,

What to do if your dog comes upon a rattlesnake
There was a feature about precautions to take when heading into snake country, headlined, “Dodging danger when the rattle stops,” in a recent issue of this newspaper. This informative article reminded me of my one-and-