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Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 26, 2016

Farmers will be able to protect their livestock and families from Algonquin wolves in any areas and hunting will only be restricted in areas near four parks, allaying some concerns of farmers after the wolf was declared a threatened species. Kathryn McGarry, Ontario minister of natural resources and forestry, spoke to the Ontario Federation of

Spotlighting is a growing concern in rural Manitoba and getting it under control will require co-operation amongst stakeholders like landowners,  hunting groups, regulators and First Nations and Métis hunters, most of whom support banning the practice.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Rural landowners complain shooting at night more frequent

Landowners say shots fired at night sound closer to their properties

By Lorraine Stevenson November 23, 2016

Cattle producers and wildlife officials say occurrences of spotlighting — use of artificial lights pointed into the eyes of big game animals while hunting at night — is on the rise and it’s raising fears in rural Manitoba. A spokesman for the Manitoba Wildlife Federation (MWF) said even back in July they were hearing reports

Recipe Swap

Your own goose — and how to cook it

A few more of us are finding out we’re still a little wild at heart

By Lorraine Stevenson October 7, 2016

My husband hunts. I don’t. But I do get why he goes, even if I’m not getting up at 5 a.m. to go with him. Like most hunters, he’ll tell you this fall ritual is important to him. It’s a family tradition and a walk in the woods. It’s a time to reconnect with the

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation points to this bullet hole in a rural northwestern Manitoba home as an example of the risks to the public from unchecked night hunting. (MWF.mb.ca/Nightwatch)

Livestock

Manitoba hunters, ranchers seek rural night-hunting ban

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 18, 2016

Manitoba’s hunter and rancher groups are calling on the province to tighten its enforcement against night hunting and ban the activity among all hunters in the province’s populated rural areas. The call Tuesday from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation follows a Sept. 10 near-miss in which a couple near Winnipegosis, about 60 km north of Dauphin,

Bird hunting is believed to be the leading cause of buckshot contamination on cattle.

Livestock

Cattle carcass contamination on the rise, says expert

The incidence of broken needles is up tenfold, and 100,000 pounds of beef are thrown out yearly  because of buckshot contamination

By Jennifer Blair October 30, 2015

Consumer confidence in Canadian beef is being eroded by a preventable problem — carcasses contaminated with needles, buckshot, and drug residues. “We want to make sure that all the cattle we’re producing — calves and cull cattle together — are going to be able to have a steak or roast off them without somebody either

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Both types of shooters promote conservation

Whether they're shooting with a gun or camera, both types of shooters protect wildlife

By Cornell University Release March 30, 2015

What inspires people to support conservation? As concerns grow about the sustainability of our modern society, this question becomes more important. A new study by researchers at Cornell University provides one simple answer: birdwatching and hunting. This survey of conservation activity among rural landowners in Upstate New York considered a range of possible predictors such

Local news

CSI forensics used to nab poachers

Conservation officers will soon be recognized  as law enforcement officers in Manitoba

By Meghan Mast December 22, 2014

By the time provincial conservation officer Laury Brouzes found the once-proud buck all that remained was scattered fur, a pink skeleton, and a furry hooved foot. Coyotes had licked its vertebrae clean. The day before, someone had tipped authorities off, naming an individual who had shot a deer and only taken the head. It is

News

Serious wild boar infestation in Saskatchewan

Survey finds the aggressive creatures in 70 per cent of Saskatchewan RMs

By University of Saskatchewan June 10, 2014

Wild boar are more widespread in Saskatchewan than commonly believed and control is becoming urgent, according to research by University of Saskatchewan biologist Ryan Brook. “If nothing is done then we risk having more feral boar than people in the province and at that point the costs of taking action are far greater,” Brook said.

Livestock, News

Duck harvest coming later in fall

By Daniel Winters June 8, 2012

Anew study has confirmed what veteran duck hunters have long suspected — hunting season is significantly later in the year these days than it was decades ago. Delta Waterfowl science director Frank Rohwer looked at migration dates by examining data from the annual Parts Collection Survey that has gathered comprehensive harvest data from hunters since

News

Permanent cougar population expected someday in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson February 14, 2012

Bill Watkins, a zoologist with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, gets the calls every year. Has the Manitoba government reintroduced cougars to control the deer population? The answer is no, but Watkins says it’s probably only a matter of time before these solitary, animals re-establish themselves in the province. “I suspect it’s a simple case

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

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California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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