In snowy North Dakota, hungry deer pose problems
North Dakota Game and Fish Department cost-share program helps landowners prevent damage to their property
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With severe winter, Utah expands deer-feeding program
To help the deer, biologists and volunteers are spreading specially designed pellets on the ground for the deer to eat
Wisconsin DNR board OKs leaving tree stands overnight on public land
Board also adopts amendment limiting number of stands, blinds left overnight to two per county
Hunters down but not out of deer game
Deer hunting is certainly not dead, but hunters are looking for change — it’s a steady decline in the overall herd that seems to be irking – and frustrating – the hunting community
Gun and crossbow users see buck kill increase
Crossbow users notched a 16 percent increase in buck kill from 2015, while gun deer hunters showed an overall 4.5 percent increase
With CWD cases on rise in Iowa, volunteers step up
Helping DNR collect additional deer samples near Harpers Ferry to look for chronic wasting disease
Ohio deer hunters closing in on 180,000 kills
Archery season ends on Feb. 5
Montana elk, deer special application drawing deadline March 15
Changes announced in permit types for several regions
It’s that time of year in Iowa — shed-hunting season
No permit or license is needed to hunt shed antlers in Iowa, but if you find antlers still attached to a skull, you must first contact your local conservation officer for a salvage tag to keep them
Illinois hunters harvest 144,150 deer in ’16-17 seasons
That’s down about 11,000 from the previous year, according to a State of Illinois release on deer hunting numbers for 2016-17
Antler value: Finding some winter’s bone …
Has scouring the late winter woodlands for shed whitetail antlers simply become a business exercise?
Special Minnesota hunt ends with CWD found in 1 more deer
This brings the number of CWD-positive wild deer in southeastern Minnesota to six
In Arizona, good news on CWD front
Arizona agency: Testing finds no cases of wildlife disease
Deep snow spelling trouble for Idaho’s elk, deer
Horses also fighting for survival in what has been a tough winter in the state
Ohio muzzleloading kill sees big bump in numbers
Of the state’s 88 counties, only 18 recorded season-to-season declines
Case of dismembered deer remains a mystery in Ohio
Mutilated remains of at least three deer were discovered on the side of a road in New Franklin
Archery harvest down as Illinois deer hunting season ends
The Illinois deer season ended Sunday (Jan. 15) with a total of 53,677 deer taken, down from the 2015 archery harvest of 56,740
Two Minnesota men guilty of deer poaching in Iowa
Iowa man rounds out trio that pleads guilty to 58 wildlife violations
Enhancing deer habitat in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Michigan announces deadline for deer habitat improvement grants
Minnesota DNR hosting 12 public meetings to discuss deer management goals
Using input collected from a wide range of stakeholders this summer and fall, committee members are helping the DNR develop an outline of draft deer management goals that will be discussed at each meeting
CWD cases rising across Upper Midwest
A look at what the reappearance of the disease means for Minnesota, as well as Wisconsin and Iowa
CWD found for first time in southeastern Nebraska
Four deer test positive for chronic wasting disease
NYC case exposes dilemma in caring for wildlife
Rift arises between state agency that regulates hunting and deer populations and wildlife rehabilitators who try to heal them
Deer kill, sterilization set for Ann Arbor parks
City wants to reduce deer population to protect plants and animals and reduce deer-vehicle crashes
Toledo looks to stop deer cull
City officials say it violates law
A look back at the top 10 Minnesota hunting, fishing, and conservation stories of 2016
The Outdoor News “year in review” appeared in this week’s print edition, and here’s how staffers ranked the biggest outdoors stories from a year that brought us public lands battles and President Trump
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