Lansing – The state’s ban on baiting and feeding white-tailed deer in the Lower Peninsula is not likely to be eased anytime soon. On Oct. 9, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Joyce Draganchuk ruled that the ban was legal and that the DNR has the authority to regulate the taking of game and the means […]
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Columbus – While it might not always seem like it to the wet wader brigade, these are indeed the veritable “salad days” for Ohio waterfowl hunters. This fall opener, Oct. 18, marked the 12th straight year for 60-day seasons in the Buckeye State. There was some concern leading up to this season that Ohio could
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Last week’s news of two hikers becoming lost on the Kekekabic Trail came as no surprise to my cousin Don Perich, who hiked the route with a friend last May. After completing the hike, Don phoned to tell me it was a tough trail to follow due to extensive blowdowns and burned areas, as well
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DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – While breeding surveys of waterfowl proved to be about average this year, the hope is that Ohio’s duck hunting season is a bit above. The spring pond index for the Prairie Pothole region of North America (Kansas to central Saskatchewan) and breeding duck surveys indicate an average reproduction year for
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Christiana, Pa. – An Amish farmer said he shot one cougar and was attacked by another near his southern Lancaster County home Oct. 9. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials and state police used tracking dogs and a helicopter armed with infrared cameras over three days following the alleged attack, but failed to find any cougars. “We
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Nov. 2:_Perkiomen Valley DU Banquet, 12-4 p.m., Friendship Fire Co. For more info call Linda Buler, 610-495-5592. Nov. 7:_Thunderbird Chapter RGS Banquet, 6 p.m., The Calvin House. For more info call Sam Marino, 814-946-4349. Nov. 13: Covered Bridge Chapter RGS Banquet, Bella Sera by Greco’s. For more info call Brian, 412-296-1178. Nov. 14:_Bear Hollow WTU
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Harrisburg – If no other government officials will step up to protect the quantity of the state’s precious water resources from deep-well natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners declared at their quarterly meeting here in early October, they will. The commissioners directed Doug Austen, agency executive director, and staff to prepare “guidance” for legislation
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Columbus – DNR Division of Wildlife officials are seeking the public’s input on the resurrection of a conservation stamp that was last sold in the 1970s. The idea is that purchase of the stamp would allow wildlife enthusiasts who don’t purchase a hunting, fishing or trapping license a way to contribute to wildlife conservation. “People
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Tower, Minn. – Hunters killed 111 bull moose during the season that ended Sunday, a decrease of four animals from last year. The season, held in permit areas in the northeastern part of the state, ran Oct. 4-19. There were 237 permits available and hunter success was about 47 percent, compared with 50 percent last
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