Wisconsin: DNR Offers Online Series for Deer Hunters
Wisconsin’s traditional 9-day gun deer season is over a month away, but the Department of Natural Resources is offering a series of educational and informational videos and podcasts to get hunters up-to-speed on the 2019 hunt. Wild Wisconsin is in its 3rd online season with new insights, resources and recipes to help make this your best […]
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North Dakota: Too Many Turkeys Gives Turkey Hunters More Opportunities
MINOT — Turkey hunting is big in the spring… But spring is a ways away. In the meantime, concerns have been raised due to an overpopulation of turkeys throughout the state. There are reports of turkeys eating farmers feed and of turkeys coming into city limits making a mess of people’s yards. Members of the […]
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New York: Oakfield Bow Hunter Bags a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck
OAKFIELD, N.Y. (WROC) — Bow hunting season is underway in our area, and in Oakfield, it’s beginning in a big way. Zachary Grazioplene, a 2019 Oakfield-Alabama High School graduate, hunted a huge 11-point buck with a gross 180-class score. When the buck is officially graded, it could land in the record books as high as […]
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Arizona: Kingman Girl Harvests Third Javelina
The fall hunting seasons have started in earnest, and one local young lady has made the most of the opportunity to go on her javelina hunt in Unit 10. Ellie Bruno is no stranger to the Outdoors Page, where she has been featured after being successful in taking several javelinas and a couple of mule […]
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Pennsylvania: John Heinz Refuge Opens for Limited Deer Hunting
TINICUM — A restricted hunting season will officially begin at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge this week. The first controlled hunt ever at the almost 1,000-acre refuge will close the wildlife habit for the remainder of the week, and for four days in late October, to accommodate archery hunters who will only hunt white-tailed […]
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Michigan: Baiting Deer for Hunting is Illegal in Lower Peninsula
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, archery deer hunting season kicked off in Michigan. It runs through Nov. 14 and will go again from Dec. 1 through Jan. 1, 2020. Regular firearm season takes place from Nov. 15-30. Now is the time to remind hunters that as of Jan. 31, no baiting or feeding deer is […]
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Reader Question Has Technical, Legal Considerations
I recently received a very interesting question from a reader. The question, as presented, was, “I own a Taurus Judge pistol. Can I use a .410 shotshell and hunt turkeys with it?” It is a very interesting question? However, the real question should be, “Would it be a legal weapon to use?” Can you […]
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Fire Destroys Michigan’s Largest Deer Processing Facility
ALMONT TOWNSHIP (WWJ) – Fire raced through a giant deer processing plant in Lapeer County — the latest in a string of tragedies for the plant’s owner. The fire broke out just before 12 a.m. Friday and quickly spread through the Country Smokehouse on Van Dyke in Almont Township. Flames could be seen across M-53 when the […]
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Indiana: Reports of taking trophy deer lead to hunting charges | News
INDIANAPOLIS — A Greencastle man faces hunting-related charges after Indiana Conservation Officers checked out reports of his taking a trophy-class deer. David R. McCollough, 37, was charged with multiple violations after a long investigation, the Department of Natural Resources said in a news release issued Wednesday. The investigation stemmed from a complaint of hunting […]
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Illinois: Forest preserve commission OKs pilot deer bow hunting program
YORKVILLE – A pilot bow hunting program to help monitor and control chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in area white-tailed deer has been approved by Kendall County forest preserve officials. The Kendall County forest preserve commission voted, 9-0, to approve the pilot bow hunting program in the county during the commission meeting Tuesday, Oct. […]
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