“Tag: Population”

The 2024 winter wolf population survey estimate from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources found a minimum of 762 wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), demonstrating a continued trend of statistical stability in Michigan’s wolf population.

Even as turkey populations nationwide have declined, turkey hunters have remained optimistic. That attitude stands in contrast to hunters overall, particularly deer hunters, who seem grumpier all the time. Game agencies weigh these attitudes as they seek ways to reduce turkey harvests without reducing hunter satisfaction.

Coyotes have inundated south Florida to such a level that Broward County Parks, along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, held an online coyote seminar this spring on dealing with coyotes.

Was Grandpa’s deer-hunting era better than what we have today? Contributor Philip Massaro investigates.

The USFWS has just released its 2018 Waterfowl Population Status Report. While dry spring conditions are to blame for recent declines, the majority of population numbers are still above their long-term averages.

Hundreds of Eastern sandhill cranes are killed every year in regulated hunting seasons. But ironically, strict migratory-bird laws dictate that cranes killed under depredation permits cannot become table fare.

Despite farmers’ concerns, the French government says it will allow wolf populations to expand.

Should mountain lions be reintroduced to control expanding deer populations in the East?

It’s ludicrous, but it’s no joke. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants $2 million to conduct deer vasectomies on Long Island and control expanding deer populations—a job that American hunters would do for free!