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Illinois upland bird hunters remain scarce, but more quail, roosters await
With upland game season opening Nov. 2 in Illinois, this may be a good time for rabbit hunters to hold their collective breaths and look away.
Quail and pheasant hunters will want to exhale

Deer season reaching annual ‘prime time’ point in the Midwest
Standing on the sidelines is not a good look for Illinois deer hunters. Yet thousands and thousands of shotguns – and now single-shot rifles – sit unattended in thousands and thousands of gun cabinets.

State Roundup: Rachel Bouressa appointed to Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
We have a new Natural Resources Board (NRB) member as of Friday, Oct. 18, when Gov. Tony Evers appointed Rachel Bouressa to the NRB.
Evers made the move following the resignation of Paul Buhr,

American Wildlife Conservation Foundation, a century-old conservation group, closes shop
A key organization involved in the conservation and protection of game species in New York and elsewhere has shut its doors for good, but not before handing off its mission – and resources – to
New York Mixed Bag: DEC’s fall turkey forecast optimistic following poult survey
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said thanks to good spring productivity, fall turkey hunters can expect improved opportunities compared to last year.

Dan Ladd: Still some confusion with New York’s new self-printed license format
Although New York’s bear hunting and archery seasons for deer have been open for a while, and there was the September antlerless deer hunt in parts of the Southern Zone, things amped up when the

New York youth hunters capitalize on special hunts
Despite challenging weather in parts of the state during New York’s special youth big game hunting weekend, young hunters and their mentors made the most of it. And, they’ve been doing the same around the

Getting drawn for an Illinois bobcat permit remains ‘roll of the dice’ with interest at all-time high
A self-inspecting question faces Illinois trappers and hunters each fall.
Are they in or are they out? Actually, the question is: Is it more frustrating to draw a bobcat permit nine years in a

Bull elk hunters go four for four in first Jackson County, Wis., hunt
All four hunters who drew a once-in-a-lifetime elk tag in the Black River Falls zone of central Wisconsin were successful.
Two of them, Dryden Watry, of Green Lake, and Daniel “D.J.” Jolliffe, of Wisconsin