Big Game

Proposed rule change would lift the ban on one of the few Midwestern states that doesn’t allow hunters to take deer with a rifle.

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Hemorrhagic diseases — EHD and bluetongue — are spread by biting midges and are marked by high numbers of deer found dead in or near water.

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EHD is spreading north and infecting more deer herds by the season. Can anything be done to stop it?

“Before, you had a lot of people bragging to their friends in private (about illegally killing a deer or other game). Now, guys slap it up on Facebook. They got to show it off. They just can't keep from it.”

Missouri's elk population is growing, but the state's conservation agency isn't quite ready to start issuing hunting permits for the herds.

While advocates say bobcats have become nuisances in some places, opponents question the science behind declaring them recovered and argue that bobcat hunting is all about trophies, not food.

Hunters killed 267 bears during New Jersey's annual black bear hunt this year, an increase of 16 from last year.

Deer hunters who still like the classic lever-action rifle will find great models made by Browning, Henry Rifles, Marlin, Mossberg and Winchester.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources say deer hunters harvested about 76,500 deer during the seven-day traditional firearm season.

Wildlife on private land within Grand Teton National Park is now under jurisdiction of the state of Wyoming and can be hunted, the National Park Service decided.

Although feeding the hungry is something virtually everyone supports, a vocal group of critics questions whether the free donation program encouraged hunters to take more game than they intended to personally use.

The deer harvested now by some local hunters actually can help return injured birds of prey and other animals into the wild.

Hunters show a preference for buying the latest weapons, the latest advances in ammunition, camouflage clothing and cover scents, but seldom devote the same time nor dollars for newer, safer fixed and climbing stands and the latest safety harnesses.

Bail has been set at $4,000 for a deer hunter who police said shot a man who was running in the woods with his dog.