Hunting
State Roundup: Driving trucks on Wisconsin ice on Dec. 17? Hold on a second
Hold on here for just a second now folks – it’s too early to be driving trucks on the ice, no? What? Yes. We received reports last week, Dec. 17, that there were already guys
Missouri finds likely bird flu cases among snow geese
The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation of something it feared – three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.
Samples from the birds – two recovered
Farm Bureau’s new policy calls for extended Illinois deer season to boost harvest
Some in Illinois are longing for the days when the deer season deer kill eclipsed 100,000 and the total take reached more than twice that.
And it’s not just hunters wanting a return to
Oak Duke: A last bit of December rut action in New York
From my precarious perch in a ridge-top oak tree, I watched four big bucks work out their breeding ritual. The center of their rapt attention…a tiny doe, in the corner of a field. The diminutive
Wisconsin DNR confirms CWD in wild deer for the first time in Menominee County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Menominee County.
The deer was a hunter-harvested 2-year-old buck and is
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Comments on deer unit boundary change due Jan. 10; online public hearing is Jan. 8
A public comment period for a draft rule that would rework portions of the state’s deer management unit boundaries runs through Jan. 10.
Deer Management Assistance Program 2.0 offers new benefits — plus fees — for Wisconsin landowners
More landowners interested in managing their land for wildlife will be able to receive extra help from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but in exchange for new fees and new reporting requirements.
Five cow elk tags in play for Jackson Co. for Wisconsin’s 2025 hunt
Even as the Wisconsin DNR’s elk management team winds down from the first bull hunting season in the Central Elk Zone, team leaders are – potentially – gearing up for the first cow season in
Researchers investigating earlier bear reproduction in Minnesota
Each winter, Andy Tri and his team cautiously approach bear den after bear den, where a DNR-collared bear is hunkering to make it through a Minnesota winter.
Tri, the DNR’s bear project leader, and
