Toronto, Ontario – After a stable 2009-10 selling season, New York trappers are anticipating a slightly improved market in 2010-2011. But some of that optimism remains tempered by global economic uncertainties. Herman Jansen, managing director for North American Fur Auctions (NAFA), the world’s largest fur clearinghouse, recently confirmed the consensus in the company’s annual wild …
Sparta, Ill. – The Illinois Public Policy Institute, which has taken DNR to task for its handling of permit fees, also is questioning the fiscal viability of the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in southern Illinois. The Institute released a study this month challenging whether maintaining the shooting complex is in the best interests of
Washington — Just weeks after it denied a petition from a number of environmental groups to ban the use of lead ammunition, the Environmental Protection Agency recently also shot down the second aspect of the petition that called for a ban of lead fishing tackle. According to an EPA press release: “In a letter to
Bemidji, Minn. — The good news is that ice has started to take shape in most areas of the state. In a few parts of northern Minnesota, anglers have already chipped their first holes of the year. The bad news is that up to a foot of snow fell Monday in many of those locations
St. Paul — Hunters are on track to kill about 10 percent more deer this year than they did last year. As of earlier this week, they’d killed and registered 171,000 deer, compared with 156,600 at the same time last year. “It’s looking like once everything is said and done, we’re looking at about 215,000
Western New York Lake Erie and tributaries: Cattaraugus Creek is still your best bet. Working the streams with egg sacs or egg imitations is the way to go, but white streamers and bugger patterns will also produce trout. Casting the mouths of the tribs into the lake is another option with spoons or spinners. Yellow
Region I A Region 1 CPO received a complaint about someone placing bait on their property. The CPO took samples of the mineral and the pile of corn. The CPO posed as a hunter and finally caught the individual hunting over the baited area. The individual stated that he did not check to see if
Season Dates Nov. 27: Brant season closes (Southeast Zone) Nov. 27: Canada goose season reopens (East Central Zone) Nov. 28: Duck and brant seasons close (Long Island) Nov. 28: Canada goose season closes (Central Long Island and Eastern Long Island zones) Nov. 30: Striped bass season closes (Hudson River, north of George Washington Bridge) Nov. 30: Regular bass season closes
Washington, D.C. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency denied earlier this month a petition by several environmental groups to ban lead in fishing tackle, two months after rejecting the groups’ attempt to ban it in hunting ammunition. The EPA said that the petition did not demonstrate that a ban on lead in fishing tackle was
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