By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – Deer hunters would be able to use crossbows during the firearms and muzzleloader seasons under legislation that’s moving through the House. But the crossbow allowance is just one part of the Omnibus Game and Fish Bill (HF1116) assembled last week in the House. Other provisions within the bill …
Staff Report Madison – An assertion by tournament organizers that fish culling would bring more and bigger tournaments to the state did not pan out during a DNR tournament study. The study did reveal what most anglers already knew – that more released fish die during periods of higher water temperatures. ‘The studies confirmed much
By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – The wait is over. The state House appears on the verge of tackling the idea of a constitutional dedication of funds for natural resources. House Majority Leader Tony Sertich, DFL-Chisholm, said he will introduce a bill, possibly as early as this week. It won’t be the first dedicated
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The Natural Resources Board approved the report of the citizen Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) Steering Committee that reviewed the DNR’s formula used to estimate deer populations. The report was based on an audit by six statistics and wildlife modeling ‘experts.’ Mark Knoll, of Alma, served as committee co-chairman, and is co-chairman
By Tom SchlichterContributing Writer East Setauket, N.Y. – What will this new year bring to the coastal fishing front? No one can predict for sure, but based on last year’s results and the first hints of 2007, the salty-side inshore scene for the Long Island and New York City area should once again provide plenty
Joe Albert Staff Writer This one will be short but sweet as ever, as the road, as it’s wont to do this time of year, is calling. Deer. Heading to the deer shack in the near future to spruce things up. Spring break, we call it. Not exactly white sand, blue water, and poolside margaritas,
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS The 28-foot rock areas and mud flat edges are producing a few perch on the west side of the lake. The north end sand breaks and mid-depth rock piles on the south end also have produced some good-sized perch. The bite has been somewhat inconsistent with the key being to
Staff report Albany – New York’s deer hunters bagged more whitetails in the 2006-07 season than the previous year, a harvest fueled by a record muzzleloader take and an 8 percent increase in the buck kill. DEC officials said the overall harvest was an estimated 189,108 deer, up from 180,214 the previous season. ‘New York
By Steve PiattEditor Albany – Alexander B. ‘Pete’ Grannis, the embattled nominee to head the state DEC, says he’s a friend of the sportsmen and not an anti-hunting, anti-trapping bureaucrat from New York City. Grannis, lobbying for his confirmation by the state Senate as DEC commissioner, has taken his quest to the outdoors media and
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