Last year, firearm season deer harvests made up half of the total deer harvest from all hunting seasons combined.

BARABOO - At dawn last Saturday the cloud deck hung low and dark over the Wisconsin River valley. The mercury sagged, too, at 8 degrees Fahrenheit. The 12-mile per hour west wind made it feel colder.

With a healthy herd in the south-central Upper Peninsula at present, deer hunters would not be unreasonable to bring optimism ...

First Alert meteorologist Justin Bradford speaks with the Michigan DNR and hunters about the firearm deer season.

The first of Iowa's two firearms deer seasons opens around the state this weekend. And while most hunters have every intention of following the state's hunting regulations, there will be occasions ...