There is no offseason. Some of you may not be ready to think about hunting already, but if you’re sitting on your laurels, daydreaming instead of researching, you’ll have already missed the Alaskan big game drawings and are about to miss the Wyoming elk, Arizona elk and antelope draws. Before you know it, spring will have passed you by and you’ve already missed all your chances at a limited tag throughout the west.
Others are simply intimidated by the whole process. In your state you just go buy a license when you’re ready to hunt. There is no application, no limitation to the number of tags for an area, so the whole concept of lotteries, preference points, applications, deadlines and drawing odds is very foreign. But applications are just that: foreign. This may be a foreign language, but it’s not rocket science or paleo-archae-crypto entomology (whatever that is). There’s some lingo or jargon that you may not be familiar with, but you can always look up an answer or ask for help.
After the required 60 days of drying it appears that a buck taken by Brian Inda of Wautoma will be Wisconsin's new state record. The rack measured out at 187 5/8 inches which is just a bit bigger than the previous record set in 2006. 
Sweden's wolf hunt that is currently underway has spawned lawsuits and protests, but one group is threatening to kill hunters. A rap group called "Follow Him to the End of the Desert" even had a photo shoot posing with rifles and dead, bloodied hunters.
Wolves are responsible for two separate livestock attacks in Fergus County Montana. The 
Colorado has a few herds of desert bighorns within its borders and one such herd that hasn't fared so well is in the Big Gypsum Valley near Montrose. The Big Gypsum Valley herd was first introduced in 1990 and was recently augmented by a third reintroduction attempt. The biggest problem appears to be mountain lion depredation and the 
The steady downward trend of the Northern Yellowstone elk herd continued again this past year. New counts released by the Park service show the herd is down another 24% over last year. The 
