Big game harvest records across the board in Nebraska
Nebraska Game and Parks Reports
January 30, 2017
All-time high harvest marks set for mule deer bucks, cow elk and total elk.
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Minnesota deer management plan: Public meetings set to kick off
Minnesota DNR Reports
January 30, 2017
Twelve public engagement meetings are scheduled throughout the state between Tuesday, Jan. 31, and Thursday, March 2.
Idaho hunters bag more game, but wildlife agency struggling
Associated Press
January 30, 2017
In 2015, Idaho hunters killed nearly 70,000 deer and about 25,000 elk, numbers not matched since the 1990s.
Wisconsin DNR board OKs leaving tree stands overnight on public land
Associated Press
January 26, 2017
Board also adopts amendment limiting number of stands, blinds left overnight to two per county
Hunters down but not out of deer game
Ralph Loos
January 26, 2017
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
Spring snow goose hunt on the radar in Vermont
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
January 26, 2017
The daily bag limit is 15, and there is no possession limit
Gun and crossbow users see buck kill increase
Dean Bortz
January 26, 2017
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
Iowa DNR
January 26, 2017
Helping DNR collect additional deer samples near Harpers Ferry to look for chronic wasting disease
North Dakota offering fewer licenses for spring turkey hunt
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
January 26, 2017
One of the 22 hunting units has slightly more spring licenses than in 2016, five have fewer and 15 remain the same
