Hunting
New York DEC boosts stocking of pheasants, adds locations
Early in 2023, New York’s pheasant propagation program and thus the fall pheasant hunting season were in jeopardy after an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) wiped out most of the population of ringnecks
Ben Moyer: Hunting’s approval runs broad and deep in Pennsylvania
You can feel tension these days. It portends the political climax we’ll reach in a few weeks. It would all be more constructive if the intense rhetoric could be tamped down to rational discourse. Everyone
Jeffrey Frischkorn: Squirrel hunting not near what it used to be in Ohio
Before the day of the deer and before the time of the turkey, Ohio’s hunters pursued small game critters.
The numbers were not insignificant, either. Hundreds of thousands of sportsmen donned heavy-canvas pants and
North Dakota announces bighorn sheep tag winners, and a waterfowl update as state’s season opens
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has announced the seven lucky recipients of the highly coveted bighorn sheep tags for the 2024 hunting season, which begins Nov. 1. Six North Dakota residents secured a
Increased participation in Minnesota hunter observation survey helps DNR’s deer management
The Minnesota DNR has released its 2022 Minnesota Deer Hunter Observation Project Report, which shows a drastic increase in hunter participation from around the state, reinvigorating the value of the survey, officials say.
“This
A 12-year-old boy fatally shoots a black bear mauling his father during a hunt in western Wisconsin
A 12-year-old boy shot and killed a wounded black bear as it was mauling his father near their hunting cabin in the thick western Wisconsin woods.
Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minnesota Star Tribune
Minnesota’s bear harvest near 3,200 at the midway point
As bear-hunting season hits its halfway mark, the Minnesota DNR’s preliminary harvest total as of Monday stood at about 3,200 bears.
“But the pace has significantly slowed down, as far as harvest registration goes.
Tom Venesky: Oral rabies vaccine appears to work; could method one day be a blueprint for stemming CWD?
Throughout the summer, government officials were busy tossing thousands of oral rabies vaccine packets across western Pennsylvania and several other states in the East.
The packets were dropped from airplanes and helicopters, along with
Fall turkey season kicks off Saturday in Minnesota
On the spurs of a record-breaking spring turkey harvest in Minnesota, the fall turkey season promises a return to a business-as-usual pace. The autumn kill usually hovers around a bit less than 1,300 birds.
