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Ohio deer hunters prepare for muzzleloader season – Though it may not fill the woods like deer-gun season, Ohio’s muzzleloader season will attract thousands that seek that after-Christmas gift.
Set to open statewide Dec. 27-30, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
“The popularity of muzzleloader season increases among hunters each [...]

Black Hills Archery Season Closes December 31st
Archery Tags Convert to Antlerless – Although the Black Hills closes to archery deer hunting after Dec. 31, the archery deer season will still be open in most of the rest of the state through Jan. 31 for antlerless deer harvest only.
“On Jan. 1, all unfilled archery [...]

Wisconsin’s deer donations to food pantries decrease – MILWAUKEE – Hunters have donated fewer deer to a state program that provides venison to food pantries this year, even though they killed more deer during Wisconsin’s nine-day gun season.
People donated 6,332 deer through Dec. 1, compared with 9,584 at about the same time last year and [...]

Montana may redefine trophy elk HELENA, Mont. — Montana might borrow a page from the hunters’ bible to help determine whether illegally killed bull elk are trophies, allowing the state to demand $8,000 in compensation for a dead animal.
State wildlife commissioners Thursday heard a proposal to strengthen enforcement against poachers by broadening the definition of [...]

The deer living practically within the city limits of some of Oklahoma’s biggest municipalities may be the perfect candidates for a late-season bowhunt.
By Bob Bledsoe
Photo by Ron Sinfelt

Many people who live in bigger cities don’t notice, but there is wildlife all around. Oh, we see the squirrels and the songbirds because they’re almost unavoidable. [...]

Michigan Announces Preliminary Harvest Figures – The Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary estimates of the 2005 Michigan firearm deer season harvest. The early estimate indicates approximately 243,000 deer were taken, of which an estimated 56 percent were antlered and 44 percent were antlerless.
Final deer harvest figures, which will be available in July, are based [...]

Ohio Deer harvest numbers decline – Bad weather and more hunters taking advantage of the earlier archery season is being blamed for a reduction in the number of deer being killed during last week’s deer-gun season in Ohio and in Washington County.
Ohio deer hunters took 116,855 deer during the annual week-long gun season which ended [...]

More permits to be available for spring turkey hunt – MADISON — A record 200,673 permits will be available for Wisconsin’s 2006 spring turkey hunting season, an increase of almost 7,000 from the 193,826 permits issued in 2005, the state Department of Natural Resources reports.
The deadline for submitting a spring permit application is [...]

Greed infecting Massachusetts deer season – On Monday morning, Nov. 28, dawn came a few minutes early as the woods became infested with fluorescent orange clad deer hunters. It’s opening day of deer season, the pinnacle of the hunting for all the New England states, including us in Massachusetts .
The seasonal bag limit for deer [...]

Missouri Deer Hunting Totals Down in 2005 – Hunters are still pursuing deer this week during the special muzzleloader portion of the 2005 deer season, but the regular 11-day firearms season came to a close November 22 with statewide totals down from the record totals in 2004.

Missouri hunters bagged 205,451 deer in the firearms [...]