January 18, 2016

Lansing — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last month its proposal for another liberal migratory bird-hunting season framework in 2016. In Michigan and the Mississippi Flyway, that means 60 days and a six-bird daily bag. Unless something changes as a result of a comment period that was open through Jan. 11, Michigan’s duck

Laramie, Wyo. — Hopes for a vaccine to prevent CWD suffered a severe blow in late October when Wyoming researchers announced that elk inoculated with an experimental serum were at least three times more likely to contract CWD than unvaccinated elk. The researchers are testing a vaccine developed by the Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise Inc., or

Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Game Commissioners will be asked to make changes to seasons and bag limits for the 2016-17 license year that are sure to get the attention of hunters and trappers. Modifications to the seasons for turkeys, bears, squirrels, rabbits, fishers and porcupines are all on the table. It’s a proposed change perhaps least

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