Hunting
Volunteers still the backbone of firearms safety courses in Minnesota
In the era of technology, in-person classes and field day training for firearms safety has become a thing of the past for adults, while field day training for youth under the age of 16 is
Patrick Durkin: Petty politicians still bickering as Wisconsin DNR secretary post remains vacant after a year
The captain’s chair at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sits empty a year after former DNR Secretary Adam Payne gave 10 days’ notice before retiring Nov. 1, 2023.
Payne served only 10
Report shows hunting, target shooting worth $133 billion nationally
New York’s hunting community contributed $2 billion in 2022 through hunting related purchases while target shooting-related purchases accounted for another $1.6 billion.
The figures are derived from a recently released report by the Sportsman’s
Missouri allows drone use in recovery of wildlife – will Illinois join?
A new law in neighboring Missouri is allowing hunters there to use drones to recover wounded deer, turkey, and other wildlife this fall.
Illinois wildlife officials have not given in to the new technology,
Illinois Mixed Bag: CWD check stations, drop-off sites ready
DNR is reminding deer hunters about locations where deer can be tested for CWD free of charge. Hunters can visit participating vendors, including taxidermists and meat processors, or leave deer heads at self-serve drop-off sites.
Teal, pintail counts indicate migration into Illinois moving ‘just a tad slower’ than typical
Habitat conditions and food production along the rivers in west-central Illinois appear to be above average.
All that’s missing are the ducks. A turn by Mother Nature could change things quickly though, Josh Osborn
Sharpshooters provided 127 of 308 CWD-positive deer in Illinois
Between Jan. 22 and March 29 of this year, Illinois DNR sharpshooters removed 1,744 deer from 19 counties as part of the agency’s effort to monitor and control CWD.
Testing of those deer resulted
Ralph Loos: How many deer are there in Illinois? It’d be nice to know
Now and then some naive soul (dummy) goes out on a limb – sometimes literally – and attempts to either count the deer in his or her woods or, if they’re really of the ambitious
Mike Raykovicz: What New York hunters should know as CWD is found in captive deer
As many deer hunters already know, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been on the radar of wildlife biologists for years. CWD is an always fatal neurological disease affecting deer, elk, caribou, and moose and was
