December 27, 2017

In Pennsylvania, law-enforcement officers now ‘state game wardens’

Pennsylvania / Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports

For the first time in its 122-year history, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will call its law-enforcement officers “state game wardens.” The change takes effect Jan. 1, 2018. “The job titles previously used to describe our field officers – game protector and wildlife conservation officer – didn’t fully identify their unique and diverse responsibilities,” Pennsylvania Game […]

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Your Daily Outdoor News Update – Dec. 27, 2017

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Determining fishable ice conditions.

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Rare bighorn hunt lets armed civilians onto bombing range near Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Armed civilians are running loose inside a secure military training area north of Las Vegas, but only the bighorn sheep have reason to worry. One of the Silver State’s most unusual and exclusive hunts is now under way at the Nevada Test and Training Range, where 15 hunting tags have been issued

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Great Lakes snowy owl irruption serious business for researchers

Leave a Comment / Home Page News, Illinois, National / Associated Press

It’s a chance to trap and fit some of the visitors with tiny transmitters to help track them around the globe and study a long-misunderstood species whose numbers likely are far fewer than previously thought, researchers say.

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Drop in South Dakota pheasant licenses means ‘substantial’ revenue loss

Home Page News, National, National Hunting / Associated Press

Many out-of-state hunters may have stayed away because drought hurt broods last summer.

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Feds keep proposed Minnesota copper mine plan alive

Minnesota, National / Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — President Donald Trump’s administration has resurrected an effort to build a proposed copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area in northeastern Minnesota. In an opinion published Friday, a top attorney at the U.S. Interior Department concluded that the Bureau of Land Management erred last December when it determined that

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Exercise caution on the ice and on snowmobiles

Fishing, Opinion / Dan Ladd

Last winter was one of most dangerous on record in New York for winter outdoor recreation, particularly for snowmobilers and ice anglers. Unfortunately, this one is not off to a good start. On Dec. 16, a Queensbury, N.Y., man drowned after falling through the ice while fishing on Edgecomb Pond, a small body of water

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End-of-deer-season duties set the stage for next fall

Home Page News, Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

When the end of September nears, it’s a good feeling knowing where everything for the upcoming season is located and that I can get ready without forgetting anything.

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Pheasant hunting on hold with Finn on the mend

Hunting, Opinion / Site Staff

I’m never sorry to see deer season come to an end because, by early December, I’ve had plenty of time in a tree, usually have enough venison in the freezer, and have made enough memories in the field that I’m ready to move on to the next big thing. And that next big thing is pheasant

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In Pennsylvania, law-enforcement officers now ‘state game wardens’

Your Daily Outdoor News Update – Dec. 27, 2017

Rare bighorn hunt lets armed civilians onto bombing range near Vegas

Great Lakes snowy owl irruption serious business for researchers

Drop in South Dakota pheasant licenses means ‘substantial’ revenue loss

Feds keep proposed Minnesota copper mine plan alive

Exercise caution on the ice and on snowmobiles

End-of-deer-season duties set the stage for next fall

Pheasant hunting on hold with Finn on the mend

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