November 26, 2004

Staff Writer St. Paul Nine conservation groups are working to set stiffer penalties for OHV riders who damage public and private land. “We want to give law enforcement a few more tools to use in enforcing Minnesota’s OHV laws,” said Susan Solterman, policy director for Audubon Minnesota, one of the groups that supports tougher legislation. […]

On Saturday in Juneau County, a member of a 16-person hunting party shot three times at a deer, in the process hitting a 47-year-old male victim who was helping with the deer drive. In Rock County on Sunday, a 35-year-old man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound that occurred while he was hunting from a

Contributing Writer Fellow hunters, I have unlocked the mystery of life and the perfect job. I found this inspiration while settling into my Sunday afternoon easy chair. There, on the TV screen, were people actually getting paid to deer hunt. What an awesome gig! Each Sunday, and now on the Outdoors Channel almost every day,

This spring’s wild turkey hunt will consist of six five-day and two seven-day seasons between April 13 and May 26 in 60 wild turkey permit areas. An additional 4,300 permits will be available in the lottery for the 2005 spring turkey season. Hunters will be asked for the first time this year to state a

Sixth person dies from Wisconsin shootings By Dean Bortz Staff Writer Hayward, Wis. One of three hunters wounded in the Nov. 21 Sawyer County massacre died on Tuesday, Nov. 23, bringing the death toll to six people in the case. The suspect, Chai Soua Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn., remained in custody in Sawyer

FAIRMONT AREA There hasn’t been a boat on the lakes in this area in over a week, but shoreline anglers are hooking crappies on Hall Lake and Budd Lake. Small minnows under a bobber are producing the majority of fish and expect to sort through some small crappies, with the occasional keeper mixed in. Master

Donations can be sent to the “Rice Lake Hunters Survivors and Victims Fund” at the Dairy State Bank, 16 South Main Street, Rice Lake, WI 54868.

The opening date was Nov. 25, and the closing date is Sunday, Dec. 26. A whitefish netting license is required. Several other regulations apply and can be found on the DNR’s web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us under “fishing regulations.” For more information, call the DNR fisheries office in Tower at (218) 753-2580, ext. 221.