By David Irving A recent Bangor Daily News Outdoors column about feeding deer in winter generated a lot of discussion among readers. Many people want to help deer survive Maine’s harsh winters and ...

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The state logged a record 4,257 Lyme disease cases in 2025, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Populations of suburban deer have been on the rise across the U.S. for the last 50 years. Suburban landscapes are like buffet ...

Farmers in southwestern and southeastern Pennsylvania are reporting significant crop losses due to deer overpopulation. One proposal allows rifles to be used on agricultural properties during the ...

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- Stearns County will hold a public hearing at the April 7th Board of Commissioners meeting to consider whether to opt out of a law change regarding firearms deer hunting.

For hunters, the concept or definition of “fair chase” used to be much less complex and nuanced than it is today. The fast-paced march of technology is blurring the lines of ethical hunting as never ...

(ABC 6 News) — The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners sought community input Thursday, Feb. 12, on whether to allow rifles for deer hunting. The discussion follows a repeal by the Minnesota ...

Four area counties are still in decision-making mode; one is going shotgun-only with a local ordinance and three others will not enact their own ordinance and allow rifles. Hunters sight in their ...

A family in Brownville, Maine, is at the center of a deer-feeding controversy, and according to the Portland Press Herald, it seemed to hinge on the thin line between conservation and conflict. The ...

Residents on Thursday shared opinions with the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners both in favor and against following the new state law that allows rifles for hunting deer in southern Minnesota.