Concerns about recent population declines in fishers are driving researchers to determine the causes and develop better management practices for the species.
Researchers have studied the furbearer for years through multiple projects examining different
Michigan trappers and trapping experts will trade stories and advice at the 2026 U.P. Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo, set for July 10-11 at the UP State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.
Top trappers from the
No fewer than six bills are in play in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that, if passed, will affect hunting, trapping, hunters and trappers in the state.
A rundown of the legislation follows: House Bill
Imagine you are hunting from a deer stand when suddenly you notice a man through the woods, just standing and looking your way, dressed in ragged clothes and sporting a long gray beard.
As
In May, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the final Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the Speculator Tree Farm, Perkins Clearing and also the Burnham Mountain Conservation Easement Tracts in Hamilton County.
More than a few lawmakers want to initiate actions that affect hunting, trapping and fishing. Mostly they mean well; sometimes they don’t. And it’s not just in Pennsylvania.
After the March Fur Harvesters Auction (FHA) sale brought sharply higher pelt prices for several North America’s furbearers, its final sale of the season on June 2-4 was eagerly awaited.
Record prices were paid
Harrisburg — A state lawmaker said a recently passed mentored youth trapping bill contains a loophole that circumvents the requirement to pass a Hunter-Trapper Education course before obtaining a hunting license.
The General Assembly packed up and scattered from Springfield after a spring session that gave Illinois sportsmen plenty to dissect, digest, and debate.
Put it this way: Shrugging is close to becoming the equivalent
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