Hunting

Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.

With archery deer hunting season in full force, state officials want to remind hunters to keep track of their kills.

Conservation groups addressed a state senate committee this week on how climate change is threatening Michigan wildlife and the outdoor recreation industry.

Bear hunting season is just around the corner in September. As with every season, the state says it will be enforcing regulations to keep things fair and prevent overharvesting.

Michigan hunters are set to face less harsh penalties if they fail to report a deer harvest.

A group of Republican lawmakers recently referred a bill to the House Natural Resources committee that would allow all Michigan veterans, regardless of disability status, to receive non-lottery fishing licenses for free.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is releasing the numbers of deer killed during hunting seasons months earlier.

For the first time this deer season, the Michigan DNR has been providing the public with real-time deer harvest numbers on a county-by-county level.

Last year, hunting and fishing licenses generated over $65 million dollars for Michigan’s conservation efforts. But this funding has been on a decades-long decline. Conservation groups say they hope a recent increase in out-of-state licenses may counteract the trend.

Waterfowl season begins next week in Michigan, and state wildlife officials are urging hunters to watch for signs of avian flu in game birds. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it’s seeing a recent uptick in the number of wild birds infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza.