By Joe Albert Staff Writer Odanah, Wis. — The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission is proposing off-reservation duck regulations on portions of its ceded territory that would raise the daily limit to 40, and remove restrictions on baiting waterfowl. Wisconsin DNR waterfowl ecologist Kent Van Horn expects the agency to ask the U.S. […]
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July 22: Frost Valley YMCA, 3-Archery Competition & Pig Roast. 9-4 p.m., Frost Valley YMCA. For more info call Mike Larison, 845-985-2291 ext.275. Aug. 26-27: New York Bowhunters, Inc.-Region 4, Bowhunters Youth Camp. Registration 8 a.m., Glencadia Rod & Gun Club. For more info call Dick Kutny, 518-355-2767. Sept. 1-3: New York State Trappers’ Association
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The DNR this week confirmed what pheasant hunters knew last fall: the 2005 season was a stellar one. With a kill of nearly 586,000 roosters, the fall harvest was the highest since 1964, and more than 200,000 birds above the average during the past 20 years. It’s
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BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – Midday walleye activity has slowed with a few fish coming off the deep gravel and mud. The most consistent bite is with slip bobbers and leeches on mid-depth rocks. Tubes or shallow-running crankbaits are producing smallmouth bass on the rocks, and bucktails are triggering muskies. Johnson’s Portside (320)
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The number of breeding mallards in Minnesota may be on the decline, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of mallards on prairie breeding grounds, at about 7.3 million, is slightly above the count last year, and on par with
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By Tim Eisele Correspondent River Falls, Wis. — The Natural Resources Board has approved an update of the state wolf plan, but members want to review the plan every year. “We’d like the (DNR) to present the plan to us each year so that we have an opportunity to change or update it,” said Dave
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By Tim Spielman Associate Editor La Crosse, Wis. — After nearly four years of planning, public meetings (46 of them), revisions, and review of more than 3,200 comments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced its final plan for management of the Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge for the next
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By Steve Piatt Editor Roscoe, N.Y. – Widespread flooding in New York that claimed lives, destroyed homes and caused millions of dollars in damage also affected some of fly fishing’s most famed waters. In fact, some of those streams – the Beaverkill, Neversink and Delaware among them – were responsible for much of the destruction
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