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January 8, 2009

Season Dates

Jan. 10:_Fisher trapping season closes, WMUs 6A, 6C & 6H. Jan. 11: Duck season closes, Western zone. Jan. 11:_Canada goose season closes, West Central Zone/South zone. Jan. 11:_Snow goose season closes, Western zone. Jan. 17:_Snow goose season closes, Southeastern zone. Jan. 17:_Beaver trapping season opens, WMUs 8T, 8W, 8X & 8Y. Jan. 25:_Duck season closes, […]

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Conservation groups threaten suit over oil shale in 3 states

DENVER (AP) _ Environmental groups have threatened to sue the federal government to block plans for commercial oil shale development on nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Eleven groups sent letters to Tuesday to the Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management saying they will sue unless the potential

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Central New York

Lake Ontario: There were steelhead being caught in the tributaries like Maxwell Creek and Bear Creek and also around Webster Park. Egg sacs (blue mesh) were producing the most action, with a few fish being taken on jigs fished under floats. The bridge work is done on Maxwell Creek, so accessing the stream is easier.

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Battle looming on Sunday hunting in PA

Harrisburg — The appointment of a Sunday-hunting opponent as chairman of the Senate’s Game and Fisheries Committee has thrown a monkey wrench into efforts to eliminate the state’s last remaining Blue Law. Senator-elect Richard Alloway, R-Adams, Franklin and York counties, recently indicated he will stand in the way of allowing Sunday hunting in the commonwealth.

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Adirondacks

We are beginning to receive a few reports of ice anglers fishing for northern pike and yellow perch on some smaller ponds/lakes at higher elevations in Warren and Hamilton counties. In the Tupper Lake area, Raquette and Simon ponds are frozen and anglers are fishing for northern pike. No fishing reports from Lake Champlain at

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Ohio hunters take fewer deer with muzzleloaders

Columbus, Ohio (AP) _ State officials say 20,659 were killed by hunters during the state’s four-day muzzleloader season that ended earlier this week. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said that compares to 21,473 killed last year. Hunters in Tuscarawas County brought in the most deer killed with muzzleloaders to check stations, with 934. Hunters

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