Hunting
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunters reminded to buy licenses, check regulations
Bear hunters who entered the lottery for bear-hunting licenses should watch their mail to see if they were selected for a license. The Minnesota DNR has mailed postcards to lottery winners.
Hunters may also
A Q&A with Kelly Straka, the Minnesota DNR’s new fish and wildlife director
Kelly Straka (pronounced STRAW-ka), 45, most recently the DNR’s Wildlife Section manager, began a new role July 4 – that of director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Outdoor News recently compiled a
The right light settings, and other factors to help get in and out of the deer woods undetected
Anyone who has hunted whitetails long enough knows the feeling. You’re almost to your treestand after moving slowly through the woods in the dark when the sound of an alarming blow and scattering hooves running
Trapping update: global fur auctions a major price factor
Summer may seem like “down time” for Illinois trappers and fur hunters, but much is happening in the global fur market that will affect fur prices received by those here in the middle of the
Wet spring may impact 2024 pheasant hunting season in Iowa
Iowa’s pheasant population typically shows increases following mild winters with springs that are dryer and warmer than normal.
While last winter was average to below average snowfall, spring was wetter than normal, with May
Pope and Young announces two new record whitetails
The Pope and Young Club, America’s leading bowhunting organization, has announced a new world record typical white-tailed deer in velvet and a new world record nontypical white-tailed deer in velvet.
Commentary: Many threats to public lands and waters within Project 2025
Stories about “Project 2025” have been circulating in the news, but what many hunters and anglers may not realize are the implications it would have for the conservation of our nation’s public lands and waters.<br
Indiana research looks at hunting’s effect on deer-vehicle collisions
Illinois DNR has long used deer–vehicle collision statistics as the basis for making management decisions regarding the state’s deer hunting seasons.
A new study by Purdue University in neighboring Indiana suggests recreational hunting of
Illinois Mixed Bag: Contact with raccoons blamed for illness
DNR and the Illinois Department of Public Health are working with public health authorities in Rock Island and Iowa to investigate an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, a gastrointestinal disease, in persons helping at a Rock Island
