November 20, 2008
Fur prices expected to begin at level of last year’s closing sale
Wooster, Ohio – Even with a further world economy meltdown excepted, fur prices look to be in pretty decent shape in time for the opening of Ohio’s hunting and trapping seasons. A weak U.S. dollar helps make this export a good bargain for foreign investors. But much of the fur is bought by speculators hoping
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Early deer kill down 23K from a year ago
St. Paul – Deer hunters killed nearly 23,000 fewer deer through the second Monday of this year’s season than they did last year, according to preliminary harvest figures from the DNR. Hunters killed 145,483 deer during the first 10 days of this year’s firearms season, compared with the 168,355 they killed last year. That’s a
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Southwest Region
Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) – Crappies are being caught by anglers using minnows or jigs as bait. Fish the bait in three to 12 feet of water and around any type of woody structure, such as downed trees and overhanging brush and around the campgrounds. A few saugeyes are being caught by casting jigs
New study to show if recruiting is working
Harrisburg – A recruitment push that would make the military proud in its dedication and urgency has been ramping up across America over the last few years. But is it working? That’s the question a national survey firm will attempt to answer over the next two years. Responsive Management, a Virginia-based company that deals with
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Rifle-shot buck gets charges in two states
DNR, Staff Reports Ashland, Ohio – A West Salem man shot a trophy buck this fall in Ohio, transported it to West Virginia where he checked it in as an archery kill, and then learned that wildlife officers were watching him the whole time, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. In early November, Robert
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Bear hunt highlighted by bigger bruins in ’08
Lansing – Some areas were up, some were down. Overall, Michigan’s 2008 bear harvest looks a lot like last year, with the exception that apparently more large bears were killed this fall than in the recent past. Last year, hunters killed 2,169 bruins, making 2007 the seventh year in a row that Michigan hunters killed
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USFWS explains scaup, can decisions
Bemidji, Minn. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in a letter the Minnesota DNR received early this month, has responded to the state agency’s concerns about bluebill and canvasback seasons in place this fall. DNR_Commissioner Mark Holsten in early August sent a letter to USFWS Director Dale Hall. In the letter, Holsten wrote of
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Deer season ends
Joe Albert Associate Editor € One of the most enjoyable times of the year, in this writer’s humble opinion, has just ended. That would be the nine-day firearms deer season, which ended on Sunday. Reports from around the state mirrored what our deer camp experienced – a lack of deer spotted and slow hunting. While
