Waterfowl guide Tony Toye fined $25,000 and kicked out of Mississippi River refuge for two years
Same sentence issued in previous federal case; one more guide to be sentenced Oct. 18.
October 2, 2017
Wisconsin Outdoor News’ Kristen Monroe at World Match Fishing Tournament in Hungary (video)
She learns the finer points of tossing ground bait while fishing for European bleak with “whip” rods.
Pennsylvania Game Commission: Reason for optimism this pheasant season
Even though pheasant production has been trimmed, hunters heading afield this fall might not notice much difference in the number of pheasants they flush. The Game Commission still plans to release about 170,000 pheasants, a modest reduction from the goal of 200,000 pheasants in recent years. And nearly all of those birds are being released
Air gun, semi-automatic use extended to special regs areas in Pennsylvania
Provisions vary from those implemented elsewhere statewide.
The state of Lake Erie walleyes: Annual assessment in the works
The Michigan DNR will conduct its annual walleye assessment in the west basin of Lake Erie near Monroe, Mich., beginning Oct. 9 and continuing through Oct. 13. “This survey is a cornerstone of the DNR’s annual efforts to assess the walleye fishery in Lake Erie,” said Todd Wills, the DNR’s Lake Huron-Lake Erie area fisheries
Another CWD-positive deer in Michigan?
Taken in Montcalm County during youth hunt, it would be be the 10th free-ranging deer in the state found to have chronic wasting disease.
Dedication of WMA part of Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener
The public is invited to attend the dedication of Minnesota’s newest public hunting land, the James Meger Memorial Wildlife Management Area, near Marshall, at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, as part of the Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener. The ceremony will include comments from Gov. Mark Dayton, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and Minnesota DNR Commissioner
Grizzly attacks men hunting black bears in Montana
KALISPELL, Mont. — Montana wildlife authorities say a man shot and killed a grizzly bear after it ran out of some brush and bit his adult son’s arm. The father and son were hunting black bears near the Hungry Horse Reservoir when the bear attacked. Authorities say the men didn’t see the bear until it was about
