Hunting
All-day hunt likely boosted Missouri turkey harvest
The Missouri Department of Conservation reported that turkey hunters in that state checked in 43,380 birds during Missouri’s 2024 regular spring turkey season, which ended May 5. Youth hunters harvested 3,739 turkeys, bringing the overall
Commentary: Missouri shows other states how to manage CWD for the long haul
The Missouri Department of Conservation recently released its 2023-24 chronic wasting disease testing results, and the report contains good news and a lesson for deer hunters in other states: If the disease is discovered early,
Ralph Loos: Trappers’ top successes in Illinois were raccoons and . . . opossums?
The story about trappers commissioned to protect duck nesting sites from raccoons, coyotes and foxes offers fantasy fodder for any Midwesterner with dreams of running a real trapline.
There aren’t many of us around.
Heading into serious bear country? Attacks are rare, but you better be prepared
I’ve had many encounters with bears over the years. Some have been close-contact meetings where you connect with a bruin on a trail or a shoreline. Most have fortunately been more distant sightings while kayaking
Trappers for Delta Waterfowl working record number of sites in attempt to increase nest success for waterfowl
Raccoons, foxes, and skunks do some of the most harm to duck populations.
And so trappers in Delta Waterfowl’s predator management program are working a record 46 sites in the prairie pothole region during
New York outdoor writer, author J. Michael Kelly dies at age 75
Well-known outdoor writer and author J. Michael Kelly, 75, of Marcellus, N.Y., passed away on April 24 after dealing with a long illness.
Kelly is known throughout central New York and beyond as he
New York Mixed Bag: DEC seeks turkey hunters to participate in annual grouse drumming survey
Albany — DEC would like New York’s turkey hunters to once again help track the distribution and abundance of ruffed grouse by participating in the annual grouse drumming survey.
Clubs, organizations, Environmental Conservation Officers support youth turkey hunts
Across New York, efforts to get youth hunters in the field during the annual youth turkey hunting weekend, which was held April 20-21, were once again successful. What follows are reports shared by clubs and
New York’s day-old pheasant chick program back after 2023 flu outbreak
After last year’s outbreak of avian flu devastated the New York State Department of Conservation’s Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program, the program is back in action.
The program returned this year after operations were temporarily paused
