POTTERVILLE, Mich. — A man admitted that he killed a deer with a hammer in Eaton County after video of the incident was posted on social media, authorities said Saturday. The 23-year-old man from Potterville was located Wednesday night, about an hour after an off-duty conservation officer was told about the video, the DNR said. “The video starts with the…
Hunters who have seen the 2020 Hunting Digest may have noticed quite a few regulation changes. These changes reflect the evolution of deer hunting in Michigan.
CWD remains a highly serious threat to white-tailed deer and elk populations in Pennsylvania.
Evening rides through deer country show a high number of healthy-looking deer.
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Produces a ‘what the heck’ moment for the author.
Results from 2019 deer, bear and spring turkey seasons among the best ever.
The percentage of older bucks in the 2019-20 deer harvest remained amazingly high. About 66 percent of the bucks taken by hunters were at least 2½ years old. The remainder were 1½ years old.
Young buck was found nearly 100 miles from the state’s primary CWD area.
The DNR will expand deer feeding bans in central Minnesota starting today due to additional discoveries of chronic wasting disease in captive deer in late 2019.
And isn’t there something gun deer hunting can take from sturgeon spearing to at least attempt to hold interest, anticipation, camaraderie, excitement, and traditions?
Hunters take about 14,000 less whitetails in 2019 than the previous year. Wildlife experts say that while there are a number of factors that likely contributed to the decline, the most prominent is the outbreak of hemorrhagic disease that killed thousands of deer across the state.
National percentage of yearling bucks in the total antlered buck harvest fell to 30%, the lowest ever recorded.
New test results bring the total number of counties in Iowa where wild deer have tested positive to eight.
Concurrent deer seasons give hunters a choice and increase the odds for success for those with limited time to hunt.
A Saturday opening day has its merits as well as its drawbacks, but if more hunters can get to go, then why not? For this hunter, keeping it to a Monday would prove far less frenzied.
But CWD was not detected in wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.
Wheels of justice have turned slowly in the case of 2 teens who tortured buck, but slow justice can be good justice.
Video of the November attack circulated quickly on social media and generated outrage, along with pressure on investigators to solve the case.
The ongoing chronic wasting disease investigation of farms tied to the Douglas County detection first reported in December 2019 has led to a CWD-confirmed doe on a Pine County farm. The herd in Pine County was being investigated because it provided animals to the Douglas County herd in the past, including the CWD positive doe that initiated the disease investigation.
A good taxidermy mount can be an expensive option, but for this blogger, there’s a more practical and far less expensive way to make the memory last.
Thirty-day prohibition follows positive deer on Douglas County farm.
Hunting season was a bit more difficult than in years past all the way around. For the regular Southern Zone big game season opener, our traditional trip to Steuben County saw limited participation from our group of hunters. Life seemed to get in the way this year as illness, school and work impacted a brother, my daughter, two nephews and…
A monster Georgia buck has been killed, a 17-pointer with crazy thick mass and tines that look more like tree branches than antler points – including one growing out of its cheek right behind its eye. For the complete story, click here. Categories: Hunting News, Whitetail Deer Tags: Deer, Hunting, white-tailed deer, Whitetails
Should Wisconsin encourage more out-of-state hunters to travel here for deer?
Its location is also within 10 miles of adjacent Fond du Lac County. As required by law, this new CWD-positive detection will renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in Sheboygan County and a two-year ban in Fond du Lac County.
Maxine Kelly spent gun season in Gallia County.
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