Hunting
Treestand falls, fatalities in 2023 on pace to top recent deer seasons in Illinois
Illinois CPOs have already reported two hunting-related fatalities related to treestands during the 2023 deer season.
One fatality occurred when a hunter fell 15 feet from a ladder stand. The second involved a hunter
New York Bowhunters founding member, Walt Dixon, reflects on accomplishments, and use of crossbows
Walt Dixon has been a long-time champion of bowhunting and hunting in general in New York State.
Dixon, 75, of Tully, in Onondaga County, is a charter member of the New York Bowhunters Inc.
Federal funding for research a good step toward keeping CWD at bay
Chronic wasting disease is of serious concern for both biologists and sportsmen here in New York and elsewhere.
CWD is 100% fatal for deer and the only way discovered so far to mitigate it
Illinois hunter takes unusual piebald deer in Rock Island County
Paul Sereda, of Coal Valley, Ill., has been hunting this property for around 10 years and had never harvested a buck like this. He hunts a small parcel in Rock Island County where most of
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fall turkey hunters take 262 birds
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary statewide total of 262 wild turkeys during the 2023 fall firearm turkey season, which ran Oct. 21-29.
Sharpshooting may need ‘retooling’ to fight CWD in Illinois
They are the kind of numbers that have long made the state’s hunters bristle: 220 in Jo Daviess County, 174 in Carroll County, 171 in Grundy County, and 166 in Stephenson County.
Those are
Illinois again on top among percentage of deer hunters who use archery equipment
If you somehow lured 100 Illinois deer hunters into a room, it’s a pretty safe bet to assume 74 of them hunt with some kind of bow – for at least part of the season.<br
Woods and waters: Trail-less tracts beckon to the mobile, boots-on-the-ground hunter in New York’s Catlin State Forest
It’s not the biggest state forest in the Southern Tier, but 613 acres of hunting land shouldn’t be overlooked, and that’s what the Catlin State Forest in Chemung County offers.
Hunters take 78 moose in northeastern Vermont unit
Hunters in northeastern Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit E, enjoyed solid harvest, taking 78 adult moose. The annual hunt seeks to reduce moose numbers which, due to over-population, are suffering from winter ticks.
