Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in October, they voted 5-2 to expand crossbows to the regular archery season. All that remains for the idea to get …
Port Matilda, Pa. – Organized predator hunts are becoming more popular as increasing numbers of hunters find the contests a good way to fight cabin fever. Long-established hunts hope to continue their string of successes in 2009 as newer hunts prosper and grow. Hunts are scheduled almost every weekend between now and early March, and
Fergus Falls, Minn. (AP) — A Fergus Falls man says his pet crocodile, Billy, isn’t dangerous, but he’ll comply with a police order to move the 3-foot reptile out of town. Thirty-seven-year-old Marvin Weinrich Jr. says he bought the animal in 1994 from a Fergus Falls pet store, which in turn got it from a
Columbus – A program designed to thin the deer herd on mostly unhunted state land is off to a decent start with plans to continue next year. The DNR_Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP) for the first time this year allowed bowhunters to hunt 25 state nature preserves (Ohio Outdoor News, Aug. 29). In
Washington – As long as the federal government is considering a job-creation “stimulus package” that’s nearing $1 trillion (the actual latest rumored amount was about $750 billion), why not give conservation a boost via the package? Conservation groups pondering that idea have sent to Congress and the Obama “transition team” a list of suggestions to
Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in October, they voted 5-2 to expand crossbows to the regular archery season. All that remains for the idea to get
Bruno, Minn. – A decision by the DNR to allow Wisconsin biologists to trap and relocate pine martens from Minnesota to the Badger State touched off a number of questions from the state’s trappers. The primary question: Why was Wisconsin allowed to take martens from Minnesota at a time when the season was reduced from
Billings, Mont. (AP) – The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list. But wolves in Wyoming will remain under federal jurisdiction because that state has not done enough to assure their survival, Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn
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