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Bucks hanging onto their antlers in early spring
Produces a ‘what the heck’ moment for the author.
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Trifecta for New Hampshire hunters
Results from 2019 deer, bear and spring turkey seasons among the best ever.
In Pennsylvania, buck harvest up 10 percent, overall harvest highest in 15 years
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.
In Dakota County, first case of CWD confirmed in wild deer
Young buck was found nearly 100 miles from the state’s primary CWD area.
New deer feeding bans in effect as part of CWD prevention efforts
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.
Do camaraderie and tradition help drive Wisconsin gun deer hunting interests?
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?
Iowa deer kill numbers take a tumble
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.
QDMA 2020 Whitetail Report: record-low yearling buck harvest
National percentage of yearling bucks in the total antlered buck harvest fell to 30%, the lowest ever recorded.
In Iowa, CWD found in four new counties
New test results bring the total number of counties in Iowa where wild deer have tested positive to eight.
Two weeks of concurrent deer season on the horizon in Pennsylvania
Concurrent deer seasons give hunters a choice and increase the odds for success for those with limited time to hunt.
Thoughts on neighboring Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer opener
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.
DNR extensive sampling of wild deer in ’19: CWD remains biggest concern in S.E. Minnesota
But CWD was not detected in wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.
Hoping for justice in deer torture case
Wheels of justice have turned slowly in the case of 2 teens who tortured buck, but slow justice can be good justice.
Two charged in videotaped ‘torture’ of wounded whitetail deer
Video of the November attack circulated quickly on social media and generated outrage, along with pressure on investigators to solve the case.
Investigation leads to additional CWD positive deer on Pine County farm
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.
Preserving the memories: affordable options exist
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.
DNR enacts temporary ban on movement of farmed deer in Minnesota
Thirty-day prohibition follows positive deer on Douglas County farm.
End of a hunting era?
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 200-inch, 17-pointer: There’s nothing typical about this buck
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
Find positive ways to encourage more Wisconsin deer hunting
Should Wisconsin encourage more out-of-state hunters to travel here for deer?
In Wisconsin, CWD reaches wild deer in Sheboygan County
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.
90-year-old Ohioan still hunts deer
Maxine Kelly spent gun season in Gallia County.
CWD confirmed for first time in Douglas County
8-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive for chronic wasting disease after its white-tailed buck pen-mate killed it in a small, two-deer, hobbyist herd.
It’s not the size of the deer, it’s the size of the memory
Let’s face it. Deer season is about memories, both good and bad. I can vividly remember the morning a beautiful 10-point cautiously walked across an overgrown gas line that bisected the farm on which I was hunting. I was about 100 yards above him and the shot was easy. His antlers now grace a wall in my office. On the flip side, I still remember last deer…
Amateur photographer captures photo of rare three-antlered buck
The 9-point buck has three antlers growing out of its head, from what appears to be three different pedicles.
Seems like the whitetail population in Pennsylvania is growing
Reports across the state speak of more sightings of white-tailed deer.
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