Harrisburg – Pennsylvania game commissioners covered a long list of business items at their January quarterly meeting – and some of them made headlines – but for Commissioner Jay Delaney, of Wilkes- Barre, one item stood out above all the others. The board took a preliminary step to establish replacement costs that may be assessed […]
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Nashville – The 2009-10 Tennessee hunting and fishing licenses go on sale Wednesday, Feb. 18. Licenses are available at any Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) regional office, licensing agent, and on the TWRA Web site. The new licenses are valid from March 1, 2009 through February, 2010. License sales provide the primary funding for the
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Northeastern Minnesota’s 2008 moose survey estimates a population of 7,600 animals. This is similar to last year’s count, but related factors suggest that the population is continuing to decline. “The raw survey numbers were similar,” said Mark Lenarz, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife researcher overseeing moose research. “But a historically low calf
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Helena, Mont. (AP) — An Illinois man who owns a chain of sandwich shops has paid $245,000 for a license to hunt a bighorn sheep in Montana. The license was auctioned at the Wild Sheep Foundation’s convention in Salt Lake City last weekend. The Wyoming-based foundation would not release the name of the winning bidder,
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Harrisburg – There are some who labeled last year’s decision by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to shorten doe season in four wildlife management units a blatant attempt to trade deer for dollars. If that’s what is was, it may have worked. A year after many state legislators vowed to withhold a license fee increase from
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Lansing – As Michigan’s economy continues a downward spiral – the unemployment rate reached 10.6 percent in December, the highest in the country – state legislators continue to seek ways to cut costs from the dwindling state budget. One idea bouncing around Lansing that recently was endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Oakland County,
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Even longer for those weary of Coleman-Franken Going about my business in the backyard, I was suddenly surrounded by deer. About a dozen were all around the yard, though the sunflower seeds scattered beneath the birdfeeders were their likely destination. The deer were intently watching me, but they didn’t appear wary or afraid. One scruffy
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Spring Creek (Centre County) – Low flow was reported at the end of January. Green Weenies, scuds, cressbugs, Pheasant Tails, Hare’s Ear and other nymphs were working, as were streamers, such as olive Slump Busters, fished slowly or dead-drifted. For more on this and other central streams, visit www.tcoflyfishing.com Little Pine Lake (Lycoming County) –
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