Hunting
Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Paul Ice Fishing Show set for Dec. 1-3
This year’s show will feature more than 190 exhibits with products and services for ice anglers and winter sports enthusiasts. Check out ice-fishing tackle, rods and reels, fish houses, augers, and more.
New dollars for Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources to enhance habitat
A Minnesota land-and-water conservation agency is preparing to roll out a new multi-million-dollar voluntary program to improve soil health on agricultural lands that state officials hope will also improve water quality and wildlife habitat.
Minnesota’s CWD tally hits 23 positives this fall
The Minnesota DNR reported a jump in chronic wasting disease-positive deer cases on its website last Wednesday. The number of confirmed CWD-positive samples increased from three deer to 20 from 11,542 samples. Three more positive
Commentary: It’s time to bring back Illinois’ deer check stations
On the opening weekend of firearms deer season in Illinois, I made the rounds, checking in to hear all the great deer stories.
I stopped at processors to see how the numbers looked and
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.
