December 18, 2008
Five Pa. towns make national Top 200 List
State College, Pa. – Five small cities in Pennsylvania have been listed among Outdoor Life’s “Top 200 Towns for Outdoorsmen” in the magazine’s Dec.-Jan. ’09 issue. In the story, written by Andrew McKean, few towns in the northeast were named. But Wil-liamsport, was listed 128th, Carlisle was named 155th, Bradford 164th, State College 180th and
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Southwest Region
Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) – The north end of the lake was fairly frozen up as of Dec. 8, reports Leon Cole at Cole’s Bait and Tackle in Bainbridge. Duck hunters are focusing their attention on the south end where open water remains. Rain predicted for the end of the week of Dec. 8
Gun harvest jumps 13,000 over 2007
DNR Staff Reports Columbus – Buoyed by an opening day harvest that was nearly 70 percent better than last year, Ohio hunters bagged 116,798 during the recently completed gun week. In 2007, hunters killed a preliminary total of 103,195 deer during the same time period, according to the DNR_Division of Wildlife. State deer biologist Mike
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Northwest Region
Sandusky River (Sandusky, Seneca counties) – Anglers can catch crappies, white bass, smallmouth bass, and maybe a few walleyes above the Ballville dam during the winter months. Throw in-line spinnerbaits for smallmouths on the stretch of the river that runs through Tiffin. Division of Wildlife, www.wildohio.com Findlay Reservoirs No. 1 and No. 2 (Hancock County)
No CWD found in 9,000 wild deer
Lansing – Nearly 9,000 free-ranging white-tailed deer have been tested for chronic wasting disease since Aug. 25 and, so far, none have tested positive. “What that means is that we have tested a lot of deer for CWD and we haven’t found it,”_ DNR veterinarian Dr. Steven Schmitt told Michigan Outdoor News. “I’m certainly feeling
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Deer hunt reports seem mostly grim
Pittsburgh – The first half of firearms deer season was a mixed bag in terms of harvest, weather and hunter numbers, though many woods were absent predator and prey. “Archery season was average to above. Gun season noticeably slowed,” said Josh Roeder, of Nockamixon Sports Shop in Bucks County. “The weather was decent, but guys
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Eastern Upper
Pickford Area There is up to 4 inches of safe ice in the eastern U.P. Perch are hitting minnows fished in Munuscong Bay at “The Birches.” The firearms deer season was slow, but several nice bucks were taken in the area. Wilderness Treasures, (906) 647-4002. Drummond Island Area Ice is running up to 4 inches
