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New York programs help vets get out, enjoy the outdoors
Anyone who has spent time in a trout stream knows how meditative that experience can be. The stream swirls around your shins as you read the water. What insects are hatching? Where are currents meeting?

How much will use of rifles during Illinois’ deer season impact participation, harvest?
How use of single-shot rifles will affect harvest during this year’s Illinois firearms deer season remains the big unknown, as does how it impacted harvest numbers during the October statewide youth hunt.
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New York hunters have venison donation options
Want to donate that deer you arrow or shoot this fall to a worthy cause?
Two organizations – Feeding New York State with its 10 regional food banks, along with the Venison Donation Coalition

DEC encourages antlerless deer harvest, safety as New York’s Southern Zone hunters start Nov. 18
New York’s busiest hunting days are just about here, as the Southern Zone rifle opening day for white-tailed deer is Saturday, Nov. 18. The early days of this season is when more hunters take to

New York Outdoor News 2023 Rut Tracker: Lockdown?
The whitetail rut timeline. Now, mid-November and it’s Helter-skelter as bucks are in different behavior modes. Some are in lockdown and breeding does, some are in full-bore chasing mode trailing hot does, others are resting

New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 13, 2023
With the Southern Zone rifle opener set for Nov. 18, deer hunting takes center stage. A look at the fishing and hunting report from across New York on Nov. 13, 2023.

Trapper in Wisconsin’s Price County catches and releases three wolves
A Price County trapper in Wisconsin made four wolf catches over the course of 10 days in October on a large dairy farm just east of the small town of Fifield.
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Wisconsin’s Northern Forest Zone deer kill is well off ’22
With archery buck kill declines ranging from 16% to 31% below last year as of Nov. 6, Wisconsin hunters in 12 of the state’s 19 Northern Forest Zone counties will likely see that trend continue

Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 13, 2023
Time to gear up for gun deer hunt, but fish still active. A look at the fishing and hunting report from across Wisconsin on Nov. 13, 2023.