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No major changes for Michigan’s 2024 elk season
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its meeting earlier this month formally approved elk season lengths and quotas for the next two years that largely are unchanged from recent seasons.
The biggest change for

Hunting, trapping dates approved in Ohio for fall 2024
The Ohio Wildlife Council approved Ohio’s 2024-25 hunting and trapping seasons for white-tailed deer, migratory birds, small game, and furbearers during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 10, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR)

Michigan Natural Resources Commission OKs waterfowl seasons, concern for mallards remains
Michigan’s 2024 waterfowl hunting season will look very much like it did in 2023.
At its meeting earlier this month in Lansing, the state Natural Resources Commission voted unanimously to implement a proposal from

Michigan’s statewide fishing and hunting report on April 19, 2024
Walleyes on fire at Detroit; turkey numbers strong. A look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on April 19, 2024.

Deer season opening day under review in Pennsylvania
For Pennsylvania hunters still longing for a return to a Monday deer season opener, the Game Commission’s April 13 meeting was a bad news/good news affair.
First, the bad news: Commissioners approved opening day

Pine marten comeback plan is delayed ‘indefinitely’ in Pennsylvania
Responding to stubborn opposition by hunters, Pennsylvania game commissioners again postponed action on a plan to reintroduce pine martens to the state.
The decision to “indefinitely delay” acceptance of the American Marten Reintroduction and Management

Ohio youth turkey hunters nearly match last year’s harvest totals
Ohio’s young turkey hunters were largely successful during their special hunt on April 13-14.
Preliminary harvest figures from the ODNR Division of Wildlife showed that Ohio’s young hunters harvested 1,785 birds during the 2024

Public meeting set for April 30 to discuss Mississippi River Pool 13, a vital resource for hunters and anglers in Illinois, Iowa
Pool 13 of the Mississippi River is one of the premier fisheries in Illinois. Bass and walleye are particularly popular in this pool.
It is the home of an Illinois High School Association bass

Recapping a Wisconsin warden’s first gun-deer season opening day
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun-deer season opener is different from any other day afield for a DNR game warden, including small game hunting, May fishing openers, and waterfowl seasons.
DNR field wardens are assigned a permanent