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Retired Wisconsin wildlife professor ponders CWD effect on deer hunting landscape, traditions
Deer hunting in Wisconsin was simpler in 2000, when we mostly argued about baiters, antlerless quotas, buck-to-doe ratios, and whether “quality deer management” was the future.

Commentary: 88% of national deer harvest is on private land
“Most of America’s 600 million acres of public land are in the West, yet proportionally few hunters are residents of those states,” said Kip Adams, NDA chief conservation officer and one of the report’s authors.

PF/QF and partners deliver webinar highlighting growing participation trends of women in hunting
The event, “R3 What Women Want” webinar, designed to share and grow participation trends for women in hunting, sport shooting, and archery, hosted more than 400 attendees from 51 states and various countries.

Michigan may relinquish title as Midwest’s highest deer harvest state
Michigan may relinquish its title of having the largest deer harvest in the Midwest after results are finalized from the state’s first mandatory deer reporting system.
Wisconsin hunters reported killing 331,805 deer in 2022,

James L. Cummins begins term as B&C Club president
The Boone and Crockett Club announced on Thursday, Jan. 25 that James L. Cummins, executive director of Wildlife Mississippi, has been elected to serve as the Club’s 36th president.

After the shot: Hunting’s most crucial moment
Tips on how to avoid the long track jobs that we as hunters all try to avoid.

Make your venison taste better than ever
How you handle the meat is the key to having great tasting venison.

Season-ending tips: measuring your 2022 buck
Some organizations value symmetry while others like total inches of antler. Categories usually are separated into “typical” or “non-typical,” with symmetry between the two sides of the animal having value.

To freeze and refreeze: a wild-game dilemma
Sometimes a package of game meat would be thawed and not used, which I promptly put back into the freezer to use at a later date.