Hunting News

Madison, WI (Northland’s NewsCenter) — The Natural Resources Board set a season structure for the 2012 Wisconsin deer hunting seasons at its meeting Wednesday. The season structure will build on changes that were implemented in 2011 at the request of …

With hunting, Nugent has run afoul of the law before. In August 2010, California revoked Nugent’s deer hunting license after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of deer-baiting and not having a properly signed tag. Nugent’s loss of that …

The Florida program includes courses in boating, kayaking, whitetail deer hunting, fishing, knot tying and outdoor photography. Instructors even teach students how to back a boat trailer into the water and how to tie a boat up to a dock.

Black River Falls, WI (WXOW) -More than 200 Western Wisconsin hunters spent Thursday night discussing deer herd population issues with the state deer trustee, Dr. James Kroll, also refereed to as the Deer Czar. Dr. Kroll was contracted by the state last …

The Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ben DICkson is likely to find himself in legal trouble after filming the shooting of a deer for his forthcoming movie ‘First Winter.’ “We are idiots,” DICkson is quoted as saying on DNAinfo.com. “We didn’t know how to do this …

Hudson — Hunters may not have to pay $25 to hunt deer in Hudson if Council eliminates an administration fee. After reviewing the first hunting season in the city, city staff members have recommended a few minor wording changes and the elimination of a $25 …

Spring gobbler season is almost as popular as the opening day of deer hunting. And this year the spring turkey season kicks off April 28 with a one-day youth hunt set for April 21. The spring gobbler season is so popular that there are 230,000 hunters …

Thomas Pocian of Hartford is fighting charges that he went deer hunting with his father’s gun in 2008 even though he was convicted of felony forgery in 1986. He has argued the state’s prohibition on felons possessing guns is …

Bill Cochran is a Roanoke Times outdoors columnist. BILL: I enjoy reading your column with interest in deer hunting. My ancestors farmed in Floyd, Va. They settled there in 1790 and were founders of the Zion Lutheran Church that has it’s 200 anniversary in 2013.

MACON, Ga. — Police in Macon say a man accused of stealing cans of gasoline from his neighbor was caught in the act by a deer hunting camera. Bibb County Jail records show that 26-year-old Jonathan Michael McCrimmons has been charged with theft by taking.

Most of us aren’t thinking about deer hunting in early April, but the state Department of Environmental Conservation unveiled some proposed changes to whitetail seasons last week that address concerns raised by hunters the last few years. The biggest is …

As part of its deer management program, the state Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday proposed a series of new rules, including a new youth firearms season. During the youth firearms season, tentatively scheduled for Columbus …