Springfield – The state’s turkey hunters did about as good as expected, given the rainy spring and what state biologists call a few years of bad reproduction. During the five week-long seasons, hunters shot a total of 15,488 turkeys, which was down slightly from the 2008 spring harvest of 15,792. The 2009 harvest was well […]
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Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – Wildlife officials say results from tests on white-tailed deer in northeast Nebraska show the deer are free of bovine tuberculosis. Officials say the 42 wild deer tested were taken from an area near a Knox County elk farm where bovine tuberculosis was detected earlier this year. In animals, the disease can
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Madison – Does a conservation warden have the right to ask a hunter to turn over his or her firearm, and, if so, under what circumstances? Recent questions regarding conservation warden prerogatives in the field have driven much discussion of hunter rights and responsibilities. “There are two issues here,” said Michael Lutz, DNR acting chief
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Albany – A bill pending in the state Legislature would drastically restrict, if not eliminate, hunting preserves around the state, but opponents of the proposed law say the measure is a reflection of ignorance on the part of lawmakers behind it. As it’s written, the bill in the state Assembly would seemingly ban hunting not
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May 30:_Winter flounder season closes May 31: Spring gobbler season closes. June 12:_Scup (porgy) season opens (party/charter boats) June 13:_Lake Champlain bass season opens. June 15:_Summer flounder (fluke) season closes June 19:_Catch-and-release, artificials only bass season closes June 19: Lake Erie trophy bass season closes June 20: Bass and muskellunge seasons open (statewide, general regulations)
Bay City, Mich. (AP) – Michigan officials want federal permission to kill more cormorants to help reduce the shorebirds’ impact on human fishing in the Great Lakes. Russ Mason is wildlife chief for the state Department of Natural Resources. He says the DNR is seeking to re-negotiate an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Big names with big titles inside DNR could disappear from the agency’s payroll if pending legislation makes it out of the Senate during this, the final week of the spring session. Senate Bill 1333, introduced as an amendment to the Military Leave of Absence Act and later amended to create the Officials and Employees Termination
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Trempealeau, Wis. – State and federal officials have three times previously tried to draw down the Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 6 between Winona, Minn., and Trempealeau, but they’ve been sidetracked each time – by recreational access issues and by water flow conditions. A planned fourth attempt to draw down the pool, in an effort to
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