The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has named Al Buchert as the Enforcement Division’s chief pilot and promoted him to the rank of captain. With more than 26 years’ experience, Buchert began his DNR career as a field conservation officer in Faribault and Blue Earth counties. “I am pleased to have someone with Capt. …
I know some people think that I am out of touch, but recent revelations really make me feel that way. Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission research into fishing license buyers found that only 8 percent of license buyers have purchased a fishing license during each of the past five years. I would have guessed over
Messin’ With Sasquatch There’s a popular television commercial for beef jerky that features the wild exploits of the mythical outdoors creature known as Sasquatch, but a woman in Michigan says the Bigfoot family that frequents her rural backyard prefers her homemade blueberry bagels. Blueberry Bagels for Bigfoot? A woman in Newaygo County, Mich., tells Discovery
The future of our sport and tradition lies within our youth. As sportsmen/women we take for granted our privileges of being able to fish, hunt, and enjoy the outdoors. It would be like preaching to the choir to talk about everything that threatens our sports, but I would like to offer up a suggestion on
White Bear Lake, Minn. – Water levels in White Bear Lake have rebounded from last year’s record lows, but there remain in some areas of the lake large expanses of exposed lakebed. Some people are treating such areas as extensions of their lawns. As a result, the DNR recently sent out 25 warnings to people
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked waterfowl hunters on Thief Lake and the Roseau River WMAs. Enforcement action was taken for wanton waste, taking nongame birds, and late shooting. CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls) responded to a call about a shot after shooting hours near Thief River Falls. Upon arrival,
Watson, Minn. – Two tough winters and one wet spring may not have dampened anticipation of the 2011 pheasant-hunting opener, but reports based on August roadside surveys certainly lowered expectations. By most accounts – based largely on conservation officer and other DNR reports – those expectations were met. Perhaps more disappointing for some hunters was
ASHLAND AREA Nice catches of cohos were still being taken off of Saxon Harbor, and the fall run of brown trout were in the harbor. Last week’s rain should bring flow to Lake Superior tributaries, encouraging fish movement. Anglers took advantage of the nice weather prior to the rain to fish inland waters; reports ranged
Green Bay, Wis. – Undercover wildlife officers who were with a bear-hunting group when a De Pere man was mauled by a wounded black bear helped bring wildlife charges against the group’s leader, John J. Kellogg. A federal criminal complaint filed Oct. 3 in U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Green
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