Recent Hunting News
15,501 deer taken during gun season opener
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Results from opening day of white-tailed deer-gun hunting season report 15,501 deer taken by Ohio hunters. During the 2018 season, 13,651 deer were harvested on the opening day of gun season. Top 10 counties for deer harvest on opening day... READ MORE
$20,000 reward offered for help with 6 elk poaching cases
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri’s Operation Game Thief is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the poacher or poachers who shot a female adult elk and left it for dead Nov. 18 on National Park Service property near the end ... READ MORE
Historic Sunday hunting bill signed in Pennsylvania
By Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
On Nov. 27, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, co-chair of the Governor's Sportsmen's Caucus, signed into law S. 147, marking significant progress to overturn the state's more than three-centuries old prohibition on Sunday hunting for game species... READ MORE
Hunters check 1,054 turkeys during fall season
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hunters checked 1,054 wild turkeys during the 2019 fall hunting season, open in 70 counties from Oct. 12-Dec.1. Ohio hunters took 1,131 wild turkeys during the 2018 fall season. A list of all wild turkeys checked during the 2019 fall hunti... READ MORE