Illinois DNR sets waterfowl dates, bag limits
Illinois DNR
August 8, 2017
This year, Illinois will open the regular duck, Canada goose, and snow goose seasons on Oct. 21.
Hunting
South Dakota chapter chairman named Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year
Staff and News Reports
August 8, 2017
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — Willie Gloe, chairman of the Fowled Up Chapter in Pierre, S.D., is Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year. He bested a field of seven finalists during a month-long, online vote.
In Washington state, tribes expand wolf hunting beyond reservation
Associated Press
August 8, 2017
They voted to expand wolf hunting in land north of its reservation to the Canadian border, where they retain hunting and fishing rights.
Quadriplegic hunter getting back into the field
Associated Press
August 8, 2017
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) _ Nels Hadden may not be able to move his arms or legs, but he can still take down a deer with a crossbow. There’s no magic spell or use of the
New Hampshire sees second-highest spring turkey harvest
Associated Press
August 7, 2017
CONCORD, N.H. — A biologist says hunters harvested 4,482 turkeys in New Hampshire during this year’s spring hunt, 600 more than last year and the second-highest harvest on record. Ted Walski of the New Hampshire
DNR survey: Small-game hunter numbers down
Minnesota DNR Reports
August 7, 2017
By species, grouse hunters were up slightly, but duck, goose and pheasant hunters were down slightly, according to the survey.
August marks a summer change, but not an end in Pennsylvania
Ron Steffe
August 7, 2017
Slight weather change cranks up hunting anticipation.
North Dakota duck brood numbers down slightly from last year
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
August 7, 2017
This year’s brood index came in at 3.68 broods per square mile, down 5 percent from last year. The statewide average since the survey began in 1955 is 2.59 broods per square mile. Overall brood
Boundary change, pintail limit decrease highlight North Dakota waterfowl regs
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
August 7, 2017
But for the most part, season framework similar to last year.
