The President's Day edition🇺🇸

In the event that your boss didn’t give you Presidents Day off (mine didn’t), here’s to hoping that your favorite dispatch from the outdoor world can give you 5-or-so minutes to yourself as you prepare for the onslaught of another week.

So, without further adieu, let’s grab that coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get caught up on the outdoor news and views from the past few days. 

Here's what's worth reading about today:

• Cash on the dash- RMEF steps up in Utah-Nevada poaching case 💸

• Boomin’ bears - Higher bear quotas might be on the menu in Michigan 🧸

• Baltimore booners - Old Line hunters knock down nearly 85K deer 🦌

• Disease detection - CWD found in two new Arkansas counties 😷

• Skunks are eating our deer - I mean…apparently?!??! 🦨

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REWARD INCREASED BY $2,000 IN PAIR OF ILLEGAL ELK KILLING CASES ALONG NEVADA-UTAH BORDER

Nevada game wardens are hot on the case of a pair of illegal elk killings that took place along the Nevada-Utah border. According to reports from Nevada’s Department of Wildlife, the killings are believed to have taken place over the Labor Day weekend and early December of last year, respectively.

As the investigation kicked into high gear following the December incident, Nevada officials are under the belief that at least one of the killings was done by a resident of neighboring Utah.

According to the Department of Wildlife, the details of the two killings went something like this…

QUICK HITS // ^{_{FROM AROUND THE WEB}}

Aiming for stability after bear boom, Michigan proposes tweaks to hunting quotas: State game regulators are eyeing new hunting quotas after a 12-year growth period. Read the full story.

Idaho Fish and Game seeks public input on big game hunting season management: The open houses aim to gather feedback from hunters on proposed management plans for various species, including Mule Deer, White Tail Deer, Elk, Pronghorn, Black Bears, Mountain Lions, and Wolves.  Read the full story.

Maryland Hunters Harvest 84,201 Deer for 2024-2025 Season: Maryland deer hunters harvested 84,201 deer during the combined archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept. 6, 2024 through Feb. 4, 2025. Read the full story.

Why federal 'sharpshooters' are headed to Morristown National Historical Park to cull deer: Hunters are not allowed to stalk prey within the borders of Morristown National Historical Park. But the federal government can and will deploy "qualified sharpshooters" to the Jockey Hollow portion of the park on Tuesday as part of the National Park Service’s Deer Hunt Management Program. Read the full story.

Two more Arkansas counties note CWD in deer for first time:  Cleburne and Baxter have become the latest Arkansas counties to report chronic wasting disease (CWD)-positive deer, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) announced yesterday.  Read the full story.

Indiana bill takes aim at chronic wasting disease, but critics fear plan will hurt wild deer: A state lawmaker's proposal aimed at protecting Indiana's wild white-tailed deer from a fatal disease is drawing support from deer farmers, but has many hunters and wildlife advocates concerned.  Read the full story.

VIDEO // ^{_{SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN}}

🦨 Honestly, I have no idea what’s going on here. But according to the post, this skunk is feasting on a baby deer. That’s something I not only have never heard of, but didn’t know was possible.

The more you know…💫

George Washington meeting troops in Carlyle, Pennsylvania to quell the revolt over federal taxes on spirits, in what was known as the Whiskey Rebellion. I didn’t think I could like this guy any more…

📸 : @mount_vernon

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