The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has shared the dates for the 2023-24 migratory bird hunting seasons. The season includes hunting for ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, ...

After years of unsuccessful attempts to allow black bear hunting in the state, a revised bill has cleared a key hurdle with state lawmakers, possibly making hunting the animals one step closer to ...

The migratory bird hunting seasons in Connecticut start this month, and the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection wants residents to know about some important changes taking effect ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut lawmakers are not yet ready to say “yes” to bear hunting in the state. A controversial proposal that would allow it was debated in the state Senate on Thursday. The ...

Hunting deer with firearms is permitted on both state and private land in Connecticut starting Wednesday and running through Dec. 9, but there are specific conditions hunters must meet in order to do ...

Connecticut hunters generate around $1.6 million in revenue for the state, yet despite relatively steady hunting license sales over the past few years, finding a hunting spot can still be a problem ...

State lawmakers are reintroducing several bills to help contain the state’s growing bear population. “I think it’s time for us to do something to control the population,” Watertown Sen. Eric Berthel ...

Come Sundays this fall, the sound of gunfire may ring out within privately-held lands in Connecticut. But at least for now, bears need not worry. As this year’s General Assembly session drew to a ...

(WFSB) - All week long, Eyewitness News has been talking about the growing bear population in Connecticut. How many there are, where they hibernate, what they eat, how to avoid an encounter, and what ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut hunters generate around $1.6 million in revenue for the state, yet despite relatively steady hunting license sales over the past few years, finding a hunting spot can ...