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261,314 sets new deer kill record
Columbus – A total of 261,314 deer were killed during Ohio’s 2009-10 hunting season, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. This season’s total surpasses the 2008-09 record total of 252,017. “Ohio deer hunters had
Zionsville NWTF Chapter Wins National Award for Educating Youth
Edgefield, S.C. — Volunteers with the Jerry Zimmerman Memorial Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation are dedicated to preserving North America’s outdoor traditions by providing opportunities for youth to learn outdoor activities like hunting,
Game Commission releases official 2009 bear harvest
Harrisburg — According to official 2009 bear harvest figures released today by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters took a total of 3,512 bears, which included 116 bears during the archery bear season; 3,052 bears during
Pennsylvania Volunteers Win Top Awards at NWTF Convention
Edgefield, S.C — The Pennsylvania State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation received two L.A. Dixon Memorial Chapter Awards during the NWTF’s 34th annual National Convention and Sport Show, which was sponsored by Midway
National Pheasant Fest is this weekend
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have announced that the organization’s premiere event, National Pheasant Fest, will be returning to Des Moines, Iowa, in 2010. National Pheasant Fest 2010 will be held at the Iowa Events
2010 spring light goose hunting begins March 1
Hunting for light geese during spring 2010 in Minnesota will open this Monday, March 1, and the season runs through Friday, April 30. Minnesota hunters can harvest snow geese this spring – including blue-phased and
DNR secures 450-acre Pluckeman’s Slough
DNR, with help from Ducks Unlimited and the Illinois Conservation Foundation, has purchased and will maintain 450 acres along the Illinois River near Browning known as “Pluckeman’s Slough.” Pluckeman’s Slough is a 1.5-mile waterway that
Hunter-killed elk test negative for CWD and other diseases
Harrisburg — Samples taken from the 43 hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2009 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife veterinarian.
Six convicted in deer poaching probe
DNR Report Findlay, Ohio – A two-year investigation of an illegal deer processing operation came to a conclusion with the recent sentencing of the last of the defendants, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife.
