Hunting
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
Ralph Loos: Significant wild turkey research makes its way to states that include Illinois, Iowa
There are plenty of good reasons I became a journalist instead of a biologist, engineer or chemist – and I am reminded of those reasons each time I stumble across a phrase like, “spatiotemporal variation
Raquette River, Follensby Pond easements announced, opening up outdoor recreation opportunities in New York
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy in New York recently announced the state’s acquisition of two conservation easements in the Adirondacks.
The two partners are to finalize plans
Report: U.S. hunting license sales for 2022-23 reflect slight decline
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports in collaboration with Southwick Associates recently released its annual report on hunting license sales, revealing a relatively steady trend for the 2022-2023 license year.
According
Here’s how to build a steady dog for the duck blind
Chances are pretty good, if you’ve done a lot of upland bird or waterfowl hunting, you’ve seen a great hunting dog in action.
Chances also are pretty good you’ve seen an out-of-control canine that
Dean Bortz: An Avett brother in Missoula antique store?
Considering that I drew Montana deer and elk tags for this fall, I’d like to have been able to call our recent soiree to Montana, Oregon, and Idaho a scouting trip, but if I had
Illinois squirrel hunters remain positive with season opener near
Days leading up to the much-anticipated Aug. 1 opening of the Illinois squirrel season often get dampened by depressing numbers depicting declines in participation and harvest.
So let’s start with this: Hunters harvested 265,000
Northern Wisconsin’s deer herd: Forest and Florence counties share disparate habitats, hunter success
A proposal that seems to be gaining momentum in Wisconsin is a return to the old deer management units system, which was in place before county-based management was instituted after Dr. James Kroll’s 2012 Deer
