Hunting
Wisconsin DNR losing game wardens to better paying jobs
They say those who enjoy their job will never work a day in their life. That was the case when I was hired as a Wisconsin conservation warden in 1974. With four-digit numbers of applicants
Outdoor Steward: 5 top implements for managing your property
Tools for food-plot building and other hobby farm chores.
Illinois’ ratio of archery hunters tops in the country
Illinois deer hunters rank No. 1 nationally in at least one category: percentage who use archery equipment. According to the National Deer Association’s 2023 Deer Report, 74% of deer hunters in our state hunt with
Ducks Unlimited, Pa. Game Commission partner to restore aquatic habitat in state game lands
The project, called the Pennsylvania Wetland Habitat Initiative, is a $6 million investment that aims to replace water-control structures and improve existing spillways and levees over the next three years at sites in 31 counties
Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest numbers presented to Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest was up at least 8.8% from 2021, according to preliminary numbers released in mid-February by the Department of Natural Resources.
Jeff Pritzl, DNR deer program specialist, told the Natural Resources
Wisconsin could switch to ‘numbered’ deer units
Wisconsin hunters may soon see a switch from managing deer by county units with no population goals to using numbered units bounded by areas of similar habitat that would have population goals. That’s the same
New York state budget to address gun laws and junior hunting age
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget offers provisions that, if eventually included when passed, would amend the 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, and would also make permanent what is currently the pilot junior hunting
Reader Stories: 75-year-old PA hunter takes 100th deer
As the passion continued to grow, I traveled to Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and even Alberta, Canada, in pursuit of the magnificent whitetail.
A look back at Minnesota’s 2022 deer hunting, and a look forward
I’m always micro-analyzing my strategies and hunts from the previous year, but this is also my favorite time to ponder on macro trends in terms of deer, deer hunting, and deer management.
