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Two turkey tags filled in Wisconsin, but via very different hunts
One of the intriguing aspects of hunting turkeys is never knowing how the next bird will react to your calling efforts.
Will it respond immediately or hang up out of range? Will it attack

Mallard numbers dropping in Great Lakes Region, research suggests farm-raised birds could be partly to blame
Hunters used to take mallards for granted as their numbers were high and populations stable. Their status, however, has changed in recent years.
The percent change in mallard harvest between the 2020-2022 mean versus

CWD rates in Pennsylvania’s south-central counties nearing that of hardest-hit areas of the country
Prior research has identified 10 different strains of chronic wasting disease, the neurological condition killing white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania and around the world.
The expanding range of CWD in North America and its presence
38 dogs were close to drowning on a Mississippi lake, but fishermen responded with quite a catch
By the time fishermen spotted the first head bobbing above the water, the 38 dogs were exhausted and struggling to stay alive.
The hound dogs had plunged into a large Mississippi lake while chasing

Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Archery range opens in Northeast Region
Pennsylvania Game Commission Northeast Region Director Michael Beahm announced that the first archery range in the northeast region has been completed and is now open to the public.

Understanding these four shotgun myths can make you a better shooter
You rarely, if ever, see shotgun pellets in the air. You only know if you hit the target or missed. Shooting patterns at paper helps you understand what’s going on, but it’s still a 2-D

Here’s how to lay eyes on your target deer in midsummer so you can build a fall hunting plan
It wasn’t that long ago that the word “hit-lister” didn’t exist in the whitetail-hunting lexicon.
With the growing-deer movement, that has all changed. It’s no longer just the power couples on hunting shows who

Pennsylvania Game Commission seeks feedback from antlerless deer license buyers
The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced in mid-June that it is asking hunters to provide feedback on their antlerless deer license buying experience this summer.
After the agency received a black eye in a highly

CWD areas expand in Pennsylvania due to new detections
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced the expansion of several chronic wasting disease management areas due to new detections of the disease.
Disease Management Area 2 will expand following the detection of CWD in