Your Daily Wisconsin Outdoor News Update – Sept. 17, 2018
Closure coming on Pigeon Lake. What you need to know if you fish the lake.
September 17, 2018
Wolves or coyotes? Reader-submitted trail camera image generates massive online debate
Several Minnesota wild canine experts weigh in on whether a photo shows coyotes or wolves, and their conclusion is unanimous …
Your Daily Minnesota Outdoor News Update – Sept. 17, 2018
Minnesota pheasant numbers are up. So how many more birds do we have?
DNR: New spruce grouse survey provides window on tough-to-monitor birds
Last spring, numerous cooperators and 40 citizen-scientist volunteers surveyed 65 routes throughout the northern conifer forest region of Minnesota. Spruce grouse sign was found at 88 sites representing 32 percent of those surveyed.
DNR: Numbers reason for optimism as waterfowl opener looms
Wetland habitat conditions are variable across the state, with some dry conditions in the northern portion of the state, for Saturday’s opener.
Two invasive species identified as new threats to Michigan
Spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopper native to China and India, and Japanese chaff flower, a plant from East Asia, have been added to the state’s invasive species watch list due to the threats they pose to agriculture and the environment, the Michigan DNR said in a news release Monday, Sept. 17. Already found in Delaware, New Jersey and
Canada’s Pelee Island on Lake Erie a sight to truly behold
Author took a summer excursion to the island winery on Ohio’s Jet Express.
In Minnesota, ruffed grouse hunters begin season with guarded optimism
Grand Rapids, Minn. — Ted Dick isn’t going out on a limb after the disappointment of last year’s ruffed grouse season. After the hunt last year didn’t live up to the hype of summer drumming counts, which were 2.1 drums per stop statewide, Dick, the Minnesota DNR’s forest game bird coordinator, wasn’t taking any chances
Pennsylvania game agency will make all hunting guides take test
Harrisburg — It was just in July that Pennsylvania Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval to creating a new hunting guide program. And already, changes to it are coming. Up until now, all that it’s taken to become a commission-registered hunting guide in Pennsylvania was paying a $25 fee. In July, though, commissioners said that in
