Hunting News

The Minnesota DNR is increasing the target harvest for this fall's wolf hunt from 250 to 280.

SCI Convention Director Libby Grimes has announced singer Justin Moore as the entertainment booked for the first evening, February 4 of the 2015 SCI Hunters' Convention at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Hunters can expect a conservative 2014 deer season designed to rebuild deer numbers across much of the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said.

Far fewer of Minnesota's half-million deer hunters will return home with venison this fall, due to restrictive hunting regulations announced Wednesday intended to boost the state's depressed whitetail population.

Hunters will be looking for mule deer bucks like this one when deer season opens on Oct. 10 in Southwest Idaho.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering a draw for an apprentice deer hunt on the Chimineas Unit of the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.

Deer hunters in most of northeastern Minnesota will only be allowed to harvest bucks this fall as the Department of Natural Resources tries to rebuild deer numbers.

Department Director Marc Miller says 20 counties will be removed from the late-winter season and the number of firearm permits available in some counties will also be reduced.

Frank's Gun and Tackle Shop will be featured on a popular Sportsman Channel television show at the end of July.

This fall there will be a crossbow season which will run concurrent to the state's regular archery season.

Keith Lawson sprays BTI, bacteria that kill mosquito larvae, to demonstrate a method used by the Salt Lake Mosquito Abatement District to fight mosquitoes at the duck hunting clubs north of the Salt Lake City International Airport, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.

The 2014-15 Louisiana Hunting Regulations pamphlet, which will be available in printed form early next month, is accessible online now through the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website.

Tom Stuckey, a well-respected and seasoned outdoor industry professional, recently joined the National Wild Turkey Federation as senior vice president of development.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller announced changes to the 2014-2015 deer hunting seasons today, including the removal of 20 additional counties from the late-winter season and a reduction in the number of firearm permits available in some counties.

The hunting being discussed for Eagle Creek Park could be similar to the deer hunts allowed at state parks over the past 20 years, and the review comes after Bloomington officials this spring decided to allow sharpshooters to kill deer in a city-owned nature preserve.

Terry and a "flock" of his Mojo Mallards head to Canada for 7 days to hunt with Rob Reynolds of Ranchland Outfitters.

Perry County District Attorney Charles "Chad" Chenot III said Zachery W. Groce, 20, of the 900 block of Windy Hill Road, Shermans Dale, and Cole M. Fritz, 20, of the 700 block of Valentine Road, Ickesburg, each face fines, probation and loss of hunting privileges.

Wildwood's Board of Public Safety, as early as this month, could review proposals for deer management which include the possibility of letting some adjacent homeowners combine their properties to meet the 3-acre minimum requirement to allow for hunting.

Having your painting featured on a wildlife stamp is no easy accomplishment, but Groveland artist John Nelson Harris secured his seventh stamp last month when his painting of a lesser scaup duck won the 2014 California Duck Stamp Competition.

A ban on duck hunting on open Bay waters within 150 yards of regional shoreline trails has stirred a state-versus-local-power dispute over public safety and waterways.