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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 78th-annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of about 2.66-million birds, down from 2.9 million in 2024 and 3.4 million in 2023.

Hound hunters in Arizona have been embroiled in a fight to continue their age-old tradition. Now, they have notched up another victory in this ongoing war.

Groups in Arizona and Michigan still have time to apply for grants from their respective wildlife departments.

Our license fees, tag purchases and conservation stamp funds pay most of the bills for managing wildlife and enforcing regulations. In some cases, it also locates lost toddlers and saves innocent lives.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is distributing more than $55 million to state fish and wildlife agencies through the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program to protect and manage species of conservation need, promote the recovery of wildlife and conserve habitats nationwide.

Hunters eager for a chance to pursue Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep may finally get their chance, thanks to a special Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) raffle.

Funds generated through the sale of the Wyoming Governor’s complimentary big-game licenses in 2024 will soon benefit sportsmen, photographers, campers and others who enjoy the state’s outdoors.

Hunters aged 6 to 15 checked 1,443 gobblers during the Arkansas youth turkey hunts April 12 and 13, an increase of 22 percent over last year’s total. Meanwhile young turkey hunters in Ohio, enjoying their state’s special season to pursue gobblers the same weekend, took 1,740, beating the three-season average of 1,571 birds.

Hunters across Ohio checked 238,137 white-tailed deer during the 2024-25 hunting season that concluded in early February, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.