The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to revise deer population objectives for more than 40 counties beginning with the 2014-15 deer season, following a two-year review of Illinois deer management efforts. The IDNR is also asking deer hunters to provide input, through an online survey, on a proposal to end the recent practice of […]
For millions of Americans, this winter has been anything but warm and has blanketed much of the country in snow, ice, sub-freezing temperatures and misery. But for hunters, traditionally considered a hearty crowd for their perceived ability to tough out bad winter weather, how cold is too cold to keep hunting? According to a recent HunterSurvey.com poll, […]
Deer Talk Now returns with Tom Miranda, Dan Schmidt and Brad Rucks on the best place in North America to hunt deer, toughest sub-species, more.
The application period for $50,000 in Upper Peninsula deer habitat improvement grant funding offered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division is now open. Application deadline is March 21. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative (DHIPI) is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-owned land in the Upper Peninsula. […]
Alabama deer hunters watched in dismay for years as counterparts in northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi hunted into February during the peak of the rut. The season always ended Jan. 31 in Alabama, no matter what. No zones, no extension into February despite hunters’ proclaiming they were seeing chasing and breeding activity well into the […]
Using contraceptive drugs in an attempt to quell the population growth of white-tailed deer has been bandied about for years by animal “rights” groups and others who don’t think any animal should be killed. As hunters know, proper conservation and management involves hunting. Not spending money on contraceptives, trapping, relocating or any other non-lethal feel […]
Two new cases of chronic wasting disease were detected by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries officials in Frederick County during the 2013 hunting season. One deer, a 2.5 year old doe, was killed Nov. 30, 2013, in close proximity to the cluster of five CWD-positive deer killed in Virginia since 2009. Additionally, a […]
Cabela’s Incorporated announced that Richard N. Cabela, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, died today at his home in Sidney, Neb. He was 77. Dick, along with his wife, Mary, and brother, Jim, founded Cabela’s somewhat inadvertently in 1961 when he purchased $45 worth of hand-tied fishing flies while in Chicago on a furniture and housewares buying […]
Joshua Lazenby of Celestron describes the new Echelon Binocular, a 70mm binocular that can be used for scouting, surveillance or even astronomy.
Billy Demong grew up in New York, not terribly far from Lake Placid, and now resides in Utah where he trains as a member of the U.S. Ski Team as part of the Nordic combined squad competing in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Demong won the gold medal […]