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Prairie chicken kill drops during Minnesota’s latest limited hunting season
The 2025 Minnesota prairie chicken harvest fell to one of its lowest levels since Minnesota reopened the season in 2003.
Hunters harvested 46 birds, and total harvest after accounting for non-respondents was estimated at

State Roundup: A few recommendations for Wisconsin DNR after turkey tag fiasco
I think there is a secondary reason why it wouldn’t hurt to hear from Hyun right about now. I hear we’re going have the Natural Resources Board polling sportsmen on their level of support for

Georgia’s southeastern gators love duck habitat
Just as it does in most instances, habitat work or habitat improvement anywhere – but in this case Georgia – benefits more than one species of wildlife. Here, habitat work at the Altamaha Waterfowl Management

More scouting than calling often needed for afternoon toms
Preparing for my first turkey hunt some four decades ago, I watched several videos and attended hunting seminars, leading me to focus on strategies for morning hunts.
The advice was to get a gobbler

Case of shot grizzly in Alberta called ‘a big deal’ as investigation heats up
Months after the bear was found, Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services is seeking public assistance about a dead grizzly that was found with a gunshot wound last fall, the department said.
The bear

Missouri man charged for poaching elk in wildlife refuge
It started the day before Thanksgiving 2025 with a report to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) of a mature bull elk found shot dead and left to rot inside the wildlife refuge at the

In heat wave, kids showed up for Youth Pheasant Hunt in Illinois
You expect a little unpredictability with spring in Illinois. What you don’t expect – what nobody quite plans for – is a youth pheasant hunt that feels like it ought to come with sunscreen and

California Hills State Forest a unique parcel in New York’s Putnam County
It’s not your typical state forest, and that’s likely why the California Hills State Forest in Putnam County has a pretty solid following of sportsmen.
There are bigger state parcels; this one is just

Dan Ladd: Earning a second buck will force New York hunters to decide
There’s a situation I keep thinking about since the New York DEC rolled out the latest proposed regulations designed to encourage hunters to take more antlerless deer.
It involved a botched chance at a