One weekend; two big outdoor shows

Outdoors enthusiasts can come inside next weekend, and not feel the least bit guilty. Two large outdoors sports shows will take place simultaneously in Springfield. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Giant duck call takes the record

Mark Hillery and his son Damen now know what else someone can do with a zoology degree — tell if a duck call sounds like a duck. That's one of the requirements the father-son duo had to satisfy in their quest to get the Guinness World Record for the longest duck call. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

United Bowhunters to hold annual event March 1

The United Bowhunters of Illinois will hold its annual meeting including seminars and a banquet on March 1 at the Northfield Inn and Conference Center in Springfield. MORE :: (1) COMMENTS

Scientist documents 50 years of deer behavior

From 1962 to 2011, Harn spent 6,800 hours in the woods from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 each year recording the behavior of 1,379 male white-tailed deer. Nearly all the observations were made from tree stands on two tracts of private timber. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Wis. board erases in-person deer check stations

Wisconsin wildlife officials agreed Wednesday to eliminate in-person deer check stations by next year, doing away with a cornerstone of hunting tradition to save money and process data faster. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Wisconsin could move to online check-in of deer

Wisconsin deer hunters have hauled their kills to roadside taverns or gas stations to be counted for decades, hanging around after the work is done to slug beers, swap stories and show off their trophies. Now, the Department of Natural Resources has proposed moving to online and telephone reporting as soon as this fall. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Canine shot in SE Mo. confirmed as wolf

Conservation officials say DNA tests confirm that a canine shot and killed by a southeast Missouri man in November was indeed a wolf. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Missouri deer hunting reaches crossroads

A severe outbreak of hemorrhagic disease during the summer of 2012 hit hard — harder than even the Missouri Department of Conservation first thought. That, combined with the long-term effects of liberalized hunting regulations that allow hunters to take unlimited does in many counties, several years of drought and reduced habitat, has hunters worried. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

DNR prepares for CWD sharpshooting in northern Illinois

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is approaching Rock River Valley property owners over the next few weeks to ask for permission to shoot deer that could be infected with a fatal disease. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

Hunters kill 5,361 deer during first half of late-winter season

The harvest total during the same segment of last year’s late-winter season was 7,744 deer. The final three days of the late-winter/CWD seasons will be held on Jan. 17-19. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS

• George Little: Start the New Year right, January 04
• New waterfowl scientist will get feet wet this spring, January 02
• Waterfowl numbers set records, January 02
• Illinois preps for possibility of wolf population, January 01
• Approach to deer disease stirs debate in Missouri, December 28
• Wis. Democrats say DNR must do more to stop CWD, December 20
• Falling numbers and unknown affects of EHD worry hunters, December 19
• Deer Q & A with DNR’s Tom Micetich, December 19
• Archery and muzzleloader numbers slightly behind 2012, December 18
• Indiana town’s residents frustrated by inaction on urban deer, December 16
• Mo. fenced deer farms under fire, December 13
• Firearm deer season totals down 25 percent, December 12
• Deer hunter injured after falling from tree stand, December 11
• SD governor announces pheasant task force, December 11
• Wis. DNR to board: Cold weather dampened hunt, December 10
• New bill adds exemptions to OHV law, December 09
• George Little: No shows about “real life” hunters, December 06
• Archery harvest numbers catching up, December 04
• Openings remain for youth goose hunt, December 02
• First weekend firearm deer totals well behind 2012, November 27
• Ethanol’s rise can mean loss of hunting lands, November 27
• Hunters head out for chilly opening day, November 22
• UPDATED: Hunting resumes at Des Plaines Game Propagation Center, November 19
• Wounded vets heal while they hunt, November 17
• Ducks flock to Chautauqua this fall, November 14
• Weather keeps archery numbers behind last year, November 12
• George Little: A time for optimism, November 08
• UPDATED: Paralyzed deer hunter chooses to end life support, November 04
• Rain keeps archery numbers down, November 04
• Grassland wildlife part of action plan update, November 01
• Habitat key for future of upland game, October 31
• INHS Aerial Inventory: Ducks are here, October 31
• Volunteers needed for Annual Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities, October 28
• Week 4 archery deer total so far: 17,967, October 28
• Iowa hunting accidents down since peak in 1960s, October 28

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