> “We’ve had anywhere typically between 100-150 [check stations]. This year when archery season opens we’ll probably be only looking at about somewhere between 10-15 to stations.”

> …hunters will have to remain in their cars when at the check stations. It’s for social distancing purposes and they’ll also be required to wear masks.

2. WI wants insight on “hunting behaviors.”

> …asking 130,000 deer hunters a 3-day period of their hunting behaviors as part of the department’s largest in history hunter diary.

> “Hunter selectivity has been changing over time, hunters now are more likely to pass on a buck than ever in the past, so we’re just looking to quantify that data.”

> Robert Gore discovered that if you take PTFE, commonly known as DuPont’s Teflon, and give it a sudden yank, it expands by 1,000%. The material created is perforated with millions of tiny holes that are smaller than a water droplet.

> His background includes sales and management roles for Mossy Oak, and the former Petersen’s Publishing portfolio of assets that included Petersen’s Hunting, Bowhunting, and Guns & Ammo.

> “…was the only deer species that we did not have a non-typical category for.”

> …ballistic profiles can now be transferred offline using bluetooth technology. Previously, this was only possible with a cellular connection or Wi-Fi.

> When the Trudeau government banned hundreds of thousands of firearms from being legally owned by Canadians, it hit Parker and her business hard. Suddenly, 10s of thousands of dollars of stock was frozen. She couldn’t sell it. She couldn’t return it. She couldn’t reinvest that money back into her business.

Not Deer But Cool!

> She bagged all of them! She donated 3/4 of the meat to the elderly in the Fort Thompson area! Very cool you did that Jama! Thanks for helping them out!

> He has been guarding his prize from other bears and wolves and sleeping next to or sometimes on top of the elk carcass, periodically eating for 30 minutes here and there.

> The agency projects it will obtain 24,000 samples to test for the deadly deer disease…higher than the agency’s goal last year.

> Reports throughout southwestern ND of dead and dying whitetail deer discovered on the landscape – but particularly related to drainages and low water areas – suggest EHD may be to blame.

> So far 2020 has the lowest [EHD] infection rate I’ve seen since I started tracking this nasty deer disease a decade ago.

> CWD was confirmed in Deer Hunt Area 25 in the Bighorn Mountains with a positive test from an adult doe mule deer…in Elk Hunt Area 123 near Wright, a sick elk tested positive for CWD.

> For 2020, the Defender line is revamped with a more powerful Rotax 976 cc, V-twin engine that produces 82 hp and 69 ft-lbs of torque.

> The spotter LR comes with multiple sizing shims and a quick-snap adapter allowing it to work with any spotting scope on the market.