Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the newsletter. If you’re still with us, that means you’ve made it to the middle of yet another week.
With that said, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey and get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Setting precedent - Citizen-killed wolf throws Colorado’s beleaguered program another curveball 🐺
Reduced - Missou slashes deer limits for out-of-state hunters, proposes fee increases 💵
Matchmaker - Arkansas officials want to pair landowners with gator hunters 🐊
Youngins - Delaware aiming at lowering unsupervised hunting age from 18 to 16 👦
C’mon in! - These ladies helplessly watched as a group of skunks set up shop in their garage 🦨
THIS WILL SET AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT
FIRST PRIVATE WOLF KILL FORCES TEST OF COLORADO’S WOLF POLICY
It was early March when shots rang out on one of Colorado’s largest cattle ranches. The bullets were directed at the breeding female of the King Mountain wolf pack as she was reportedly in pursuit of a group of cows and calves during the spring calving season. Doing what any responsible ranch hand would do (read: protect cows), he let a pair of warning shots go before delivering a fatal one that dropped the would-be attacker and set off chain reaction that now includes a joint investigation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Susan Nottingham, owner of the sprawling 20,000-acre Nottingham Ranch has since made the incident public, describing the event in detail…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
State officials respond after first chronic wasting disease cases found in Delaware deer: Delaware wildlife officials are increasing surveillance and considering new regulations after confirming the state's first cases of chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that affects deer. Read the full story.
Missouri reduces deer limits for out-of-state hunters, considers fee increase: MDC reports that over the last 20 years, the number of out-of-state hunters has more than doubled. The number has gone from 20,000 to about 42,000. That makes up about 9% of the season’s hunters. MDC said Missouri’s restrictions for nonresidents have been lighter and permit fees have been cheaper than in neighboring states. The agency said locals have expressed worry that this trend is impacting their own hunting. Read the full story.
Turkey hunters register another strong spring season in Wisconsin: Hunters registered 47,704 wild turkeys in the 2026 Wisconsin spring season, according to preliminary registration information from the Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story.
AGFC Launches Pilot Program to Pair Landowners with Alligator Hunters: The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is opening a pilot program to benefit landowners in Arkansas’s alligator country as well as hunters who are looking to draw one of the state’s coveted public alligator hunting permits. From now until June 22, landowners with alligators frequenting their property can enroll their property with the AGFC’s alligator public land hunts, enabling hunters to respectfully remove any nuisance alligators through a regulated public land drawing. Read the full story.
Delaware Bill would lower unsupervised hunting age: Delaware teenagers could be allowed to hunt without adult supervision at a younger age under legislation being considered in the state House. The proposed bill would lower the minimum age for unsupervised hunting from 18 to 16. Read the full story.
Changes made to Pennsylvania hunting seasons: The PGC says two major changes are being made to waterfowl hunting seasons in the Commonwealth. First, the length of the regular Canada goose season has increased from 30 days to 45 days, and the daily bag limit has increased from one bird to three birds in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Next, the PGC says the start and end dates of the light goose regular season in both goose zones have been shifted to a later date. A decision on whether a conservation season will be held will also be made later. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
🦨 There’s nothing quite like watching a whole family of skunks set up shop in your garage. These poor ladies panicked at the sight and rightfully so.
No news on how they got them out of there…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.”
— Teddy Roosevelt
HUMPDAY MEME // AIN’T HERE TO BE PICKY
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
I took off to Central America for an extended period of time in my twenties and disconnected my cell phone while I was there. When I got back to civilization/real life, I waited almost a year before I turned it back on. It was amazing. This guy from New York did a similar thing (for 30 days) and when he turned it back on again, he instantly felt overwhelmed and turned it off again. It was the early 1800s when a succession of earthquakes temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River due to what’s known as a “fluvial tsunami.” An entomologist walked into a bar, ordered a mezcal and decided to chase down the origin of the worm he found in the bottom of the bottle. I know there’s a lot of talk about AI when it comes to tech these days, but then I read about a couple of Icelanders who are working in fish. They’re finding ways to use it for everything from medical bandages to sustainable furniture and now it’s starting to take off here in America.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
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