Springfield – Several members of the General Assembly said in mid-February that they will again try to pass legislation allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed weapons. Meanwhile, support for allowing concealed carry of firearms in Illinois, which along with Wisconsin are the only two states that still outlaw it, is coming from an unlikely source: […]
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Feb. 24:_Snow goose season reopens (Northeastern zone) Feb. 25: Raccoon, red fox, gray fox, skunk, opossum & weasel trapping season closes (Long Island) Feb. 25:_Mink & muskrat trapping season closes (Long Island) Feb. 25: Weasel, opossum, raccoon & fox hunting season closes (Long Island) Feb. 28:_Ruffed grouse season closes Feb. 28:_Squirrel season closes Feb. 28:_Quail
Mississippi River ice can be very dangerous and deceiving with ice thickness and strength changing over short distances depending on what’s happening under the ice. ATVs and snowmobilers had been traveling over areas with 1 to 2 inches of ice during the colder weather. Many of these areas opened up, and ice travelers are cautioned
Albany – DEC could expand antler restrictions into additional Wildlife Management Units, but only if it sees overwhelming support for such a move. In fact, the department has established a benchmark for the level of hunter support necessary to implement antler restriction regulations in any individual WMU – a two-thirds majority. “It’s controversial,” DEC wildlife
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Oneida Lake: Yellow perch are moving a little deeper and a few are being caught pretty much everywhere in 20-35 feet of water. Anglers who continue to search for fish are having the best luck. Perch are hitting Swedish pimples and Kastmasters tipped with perch eyes, minnows, spikes, wax worms and mousies. Some walleye are
Silver Lake: Jigging at the south end just outside of the weedline has been productive for bluegill, perch and a few crappie. Perch pattern jigs with wax worms or spikes work well for keeper size crappie. Larger perch have come from deeper areas of 25 feet on small minnows or shiners. Northern pike action has
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Port Henry, N.Y. – The ice fishermen dotting the frozen waters of Lake Champlain near Port Henry should be walking off the ice with buckets full of smelt this time of year. Instead, for the second straight year, the lake’s once prodigious baitfish are hard to come by. “They just aren’t catching many smelt,” said
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