Hunting
Minnesota CWD cases are up, but remain in known zones
As of Tuesday, Nov. 26, there were 42 new confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease in hunter-harvested deer in 2024 and 34 suspected cases – all in known-CWD zones primarily in the southeastern part of
Steve Piatt: Hunting deer, and dodging them with the truck, on trips to Pa.
I was pretty confident I’d kill a deer this season, especially as the whitetail rut kicked into high gear. I just wasn’t sure whether it would be with my crossbow or my Dodge Ram.
Ralph Loos: ‘Somebody, somewhere may have broken the law hunting ducks’
One advantage of still putting out a print newspaper is being able to avoid topics with questionable news value by simply shaking my head and mumbling, “We’re not going to waste our ink on that.”<br
Fall gun hunters take 292 turkeys in Illinois
Hunters in Illinois harvested 292 wild turkeys during the 2024 fall firearms season, up a tick or two from the 262 birds taken in 2023. The 2022 fall firearms harvest was 267.
While harvest
Wardens at Work: Wisconsin man fined $10,407 for poached Grant Co. buck
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Iowa County Conservation Warden Mike Burns was a bit perplexed regarding a headless deer carcass in Grant County called in on the DNR’s anonymous tip line in December 2022.<br
Purdue University study aims to obtain better deer estimates in Indiana
Wildlife managers in states across the Midwest have long struggled to estimate populations of deer, turkeys, and coyotes.
A five-year study by Purdue University aims to help. The $1.6 million project is designed to
Michigan hunters die of heart attacks while hauling out deer
At least three Michigan deer hunters have died of heart attacks during the current 16-day season, including two men who were trying to haul away the heavy animals, authorities said.
“I’ve never seen three
Ducks Unlimited, NRCS partner on Illinois wetlands
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a new partnership with Ducks Unlimited to reduce sedimentation on Illinois properties in the Mississippi River Basin. The $18.96 million Regional Conservation Partnership Program targets watersheds
Illinois Mixed Bag: Mentored deer hunts coming up at Fox Ridge, Kickapoo
Participating hunters will be provided access to sections of the recreation area otherwise closed to archery deer hunting. Adult and youth hunters with less than three years of deer hunting experience and who have not
