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Video: Bow bucks from South Dakota and Minnesota a product of adjusting within bedding cover
I showed up for a short out-of-state bowhunt in South Dakota on the afternoon of Nov. 7 and did a drive around the small property I had gained permission on.
Most of my planning

CWD detected in buck shot near Wabasha in southeastern Minnesota surveillance zone
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced on Nov. 27 that a deer harvested during the opening weekend of firearms season near Wabasha in southeastern Minnesota has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
The

Wisconsin DNR Warden of the Year Bryan Lockman has seen a little bit of everything on the job
On Sept. 9 DNR Warden Supervisor Bryan Lockman received “The Watch,” a gold pocket watch given each year to the Wisconsin DNR’s game warden of the year by the Noyes family.
A couple months

Fur market slow to improve as 2023 trapping season opens in Illinois
By the time you read this the trapping season will have been open almost three weeks in Illinois. The first week at least was pretty mild, so I’m sure many trappers took advantage of this.

Animals rights groups file lawsuit on Wisconsin wolf plan
Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit last week seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state’s open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters.<br

User-pay funding falls short for conservation challenges in Michigan
Resource management in Michigan mainly receives funding through a user pay format that puts the majority of the burden on hunters and anglers. A sales tax in Missouri helps fund conser vation programs such as

The tried and true shotgun for deer still fits
Data gathered by the Ohio Division of Wildlife suggested 66% of deer hunters carried shotguns during the 2015 regular gun season. Though not recent data, the number interested me at the time, what with 2015

Holiday Reading List: These books are sure to please outdoor enthusiasts
I look forward to this article every year. Not so much for the writing of it, but for the reading I enjoy while I’m trying to meet my editors’ deadline. (Sorry, Dean and Rob) I

Best headlamp options for ice fishing, hunting, camping, everything out-of-doors
Sometime in the past 20 years, outdoors users realized that when one hand wasn’t devoted to holding a flashlight, the things we needed to do in the dark got easier.
Relatively simple by design,