Story Archives of 'Hunting'

There are over 20 red deer and elk farms scattered around New Hampshire. On every one of those farms, it’s now illegal for a farmer to allow someone to come onto their property and pay to shoot either of these animals for any purpose. A bill that has passed the House and is scheduled to come before the State Senate on Thursday would change that rule. But the idea has been met with intense opposition. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman has more.

This fall, thousands headed into New Hampshire's woods armed with bows, firearms or rifles. It's an age old tradition passed down from family to family. We'll look at why we hunt, its thrills and misconceptions and how New Hampshire rates as a place for hunters. Laura's guests are Robert Dufresne, a Fish and Game hunting education instructor, who's been hunting for 24 years. Jim Sojka, long time hunter and treasurer of the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation and John Harrigan, publisher of the Colebrook News and Sentinel.

In Maine, voters defeated Ballot Question 2 on Election Day.

The referendum would have prohibited using bait, dogs, and traps to hunt bears.

Hunters and trappers are claiming a significant victory for what they say is their rural Maine heritage.

But that victory may have come at a price.

Supporters of the measure portrayed bear hunters as cruel and unsporting.

Maine Public Radio's Susan Chisholm reports.

Big game hunting in New Hampshire is a privilege and a challenge. More than 14-thousand hunters applied for only 485 permits this year. Once the lucky permitees kill a moose, they still have to pull the animal out of the woods. Since the average New Hampshire moose weighs 950 pounds, that task is a showcase for good old Yankee ingenuity and resourcefulness. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon visited Fish and Game?s Berlin moose check station on Opening Day and brought back this report.

From mid-September through mid-December, hunters of one form or another are trudging through New Hampshire's forests hunting deer.

Some are hunting for food, some only for sport.

If you fall into that second camp, and don't know what to do with
your kill, the New Hampshire Food Bank has a suggestion: donate it to them.

They will give it to the state's hungry.

Albert Tremblay, Sr. runs the Manchester-based food bank.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis, his organization will take just about anything.