Hunting News

Missouri governor deals a blow to fenced deer hunting, as Indiana gears up for debate in industry's disease risks Missouri veto resonates through captive deer hunting industry Missouri governor deals a blow to fenced deer hunting, as Indiana gears up for debate in industry's disease risks Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1mAOtDW ... (more)

Bouncy, big-eared icons of the American West, deer are declining rapidly across Colorado and other states - forcing difficult decisions.

This past week, Facebook removed a page dedicated to the death of a Texas Tech cheerleader named Kendall Jones.

With the blessing of three land management agencies, City Council may allow bow hunters on the former Youth Development Center property to hunt deer.

Complaints from residents in Hobucken about duck hunting were forwarded this week from the Pamlico County commissioners to the planning board amid a number of unanswered questions.

As children growing up in Dracut, Robert Downs and his brother, Ronald, were always into some mischief -- getting into scrapes, losing their shoes, exploring too far on unsteady pond ice -- that their mother took to calling them "The Katzenjammer Kids," after an old comic strip featuring two young pranksters.

The 2014-15 hunting season will open in Tennessee on Aug. 29, and officials at the Tennessee and Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuges are preparing for the fall hunting.

Archaeologists in Finland are celebrating the discovery of a number of artefacts in Lapland, northern Finland.

Delaware's 2014 spring turkey season, which ended May 10, has set a new state harvest record of 687 birds, surpassing the previous record of 615 birds taken in 2012, DNREC 's Division of Fish and Wildlife announced today.

Monday also marks the first day for hunters to submit applications for antlerless deer permits that can be used in what is known as Disease Management Area 2. Disease Management Area 2 represents the lone area of Pennsylvania where chronic wasting disease has been detected in free-ranging deer.

The licenses county treasurers will place on sale Monday aren't the only option hunters have for tags to harvest antlerless deer.

More than 10,888 hunters purchased a permit to hunt bear in Maine in 2013 - the most since 2009 - but they harvested 2,845 bears.

Atlanta Braves third baseman and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones retired from baseball in 2012 after 20 seasons and 468 home runs.

Of course the shooting public collectively knows this, as evidenced by the fast-growing popularity light kickers like .223 rifles and .380 handguns, not to mention the enduring dominance of the virtually kick-free .22 rimfire.

Morris County's deer-hunting season will start Sept. 13 and continue for approximately five months, according to a schedule recently released by the county.

Applications for the 2014 Antlerless Deer Season are available at West Virginia Division of Natural Resources district offices and the DNR Elkins and South Charleston offices.

The 2014-2015 West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary brochure is available at West Virginia hunting and fishing license agents, Division of Natural Resources district offices, and the DNR Elkins and South Charleston offices.

A group of past and present residents and visitors of Pojac Point in North Kingstown are coming forward with personal stories about their encounters with the Narragansett Rune Stone decades ago - long before it became the focus of international interest - in an effort to discredit a claim by a Providence man that he carved the stone in the summer ... (more)

Hunters and landowners weighed in on how they think deer populations should be managed at an open house Wednesday hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation .

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