Possible Nebraska Record Elk Arrowed by Bowhunter
Perhaps waiting as patiently as he had done to get an opportunity to hunt elk, Nebraska hunter John Rickard is awaiting the official score of his Nebraska elk taken earlier this month. As dictated by official scoring agencies, Rickard’s 6×6 elk antlers are currently waiting out the 60-day drying process in the basement of his […]
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Found in West Virginia Deer
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Release) — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has found deer in eight counties that have died from a hemorrhagic disease that causes extensive bleeding. This year, deer in Boone, Brooke, Hancock, Lincoln, Marshall, Ohio, Tucker and Wayne counties have died from a disease caused by the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus […]
Two Louisiana Men Face Charges for Importing CWD Deer into Louisiana, Mississippi
Chronic wasting disease is arguably the number one threat to deer populations in North America today and a pair of Louisiana men put additional animals at risk when they imported live deer from Pennsylvania to game farms in Mississipi and Lousiana. Following a lengthy investigation, officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that […]
International Crimestoppers Donates Money for New Wildlife Decoy in Wyoming
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Mountain View Game Warden Allen Deru received some good news from the International Wildlife Crimestoppers, Inc. (IWC) recently in the form of a $1,400.00 check to help fight poaching. Green River (RELEASE) – Deru applied for the grant from IWC to pay for a new wildlife decoy to be used […]
Idaho Hunter Gets $500 Reward for Busting Motorized Gate Crashers
BHA OHV Reward Fund rewards citizens whose reports of illegal OHV use result in a conviction BOISE (RELEASE) – A public land hunter in Idaho recently collected a $500 reward from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers after reporting illegal use of an off-road vehicle in the Third Fork drainage on the Emmett Ranger District of the […]
National Park Service Seeking Volunteers to Reduce Grand Canyon Bison Herd
If you pride yourself as someone who is physically able and proficient with a firearm, the National Park Service (NPS) wants your help reducing the budding bison population in Grand Canyon National Park. After months of planning, the National Park Service announced the upcoming cull earlier this month that would see the growing population of […]
Sec. Zinke Signs Order to Expand Access, Conservation and Wildlife Management
Making good on one of his earliest promises, Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke signed Secretarial Order 3356 which will serve as an extension of Secretarial Order 3347, which he issued on his first day in office. The newest order sets out to support and expand outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans, enhance conservation stewardship […]
Rare Case of Rabies in Whitetail Deer Found in North Carolina
With much of the disease-ridden news surrounding whitetail populations across the country focused on hemorrhagic disease (HD) and chronic wasting disease (CWD), some “highly unusual” news has surfaced in North Carolina. With warmer temperatures continuing in much of the east, cases of HD have been popping up in Tennesse, Kentucky and many other states as […]
University Researcher Suggests Hunting Would Help BC’s Ailing Caribou
University of Alberta researcher Robert Serrouya has a solution to restoring British Columbia’s ailing caribou populations, and it isn’t calling for the additional culling of wolves. While wolves remain plentiful on the BC landscape and their numbers require sound management, Serrouya has investigated additional conservation solutions to restore caribou populations. As the culling or hunting […]
Elk Hunter Survives Grizzly Attack
A man lay in a hospital bed recovering from his injuries Tuesday morning after bugling in more than a burly bull elk. Hunting near the Dry Gulch, Cascade Creek area in southwestern Montana, Tom Sommer and a friend were doing their best to call in a bull elk when they stumbled across a grizzly bear […]