MN Daily Update: The scoop on … Yodel?
New payment options at state parks, recreation areas and forest
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April 13, 2023
New York’s turkey ‘season of change’ soon to begin
Long Island turkey hunters are about to get their first taste of spring gobbler action thanks to one of two changes to New York’s spring turkey hunting regulations. Last summer, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced changes that established a spring turkey season in Suffolk County starting this spring with a season limit of one bearded bird. Also, No. 9 shot is now legal for hunting turkeys statewide during both the fall and spring seasons.
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New York’s Fishing and Hunting Report
Turkey season is on the horizon, and fishing starts to crank up. A look at New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report for April 13, 2023.
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The importance of pollinators for wildlife
I’ve always appreciated the complexities of nature, including the connection of individual fish and wildlife species to food, water, space and where they call home. If you hunt upland game, the importance of grassland habitat and pollinators is mutual to game and hunters.
Beyond the more obvious connections of ducks and wetlands or pheasants and grass, the foundational importance of insects and the beginning of the food chain are pollinators. Call them an indicator species, but if you read or hear about work to help monarchs or meadowlarks, it will also benefit those species you enjoy hunting.
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Spirit Lake Hatchery in Iowa filling with northern pike
A total of 257 adult northern pike were collected in one night. The fish were transported to the Spirit Lake Hatchery. The broodstock produced over 2.4 million eggs which are currently being incubated in special jars that allow fresh water to flow over the eggs, supplying oxygen. In less than two weeks, the fry will hatch and be stocked into Iowa’s shallow lakes.
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Walleye netting season starts for Iowa DNR fish hatcheries
Crews with the Iowa DNR Fisheries Bureau will set gillnets at night in traditional areas looking for walleyes that are ready to spawn. This time of year, hatcheries operate into the early hours of the morning as local staff bring in the nightly haul well past midnight. As fish “ripen,” the eggs are removed from the walleyes and the fish are returned to the lake where they were caught to make room for the next night’s catch.
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New veterans hunting, fishing licenses available in Iowa
The new Armed Forces Hunting and Fishing licenses are now available to residents of Iowa who served in the armed forces of the United States on federal active duty.
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Minnesota Letters to the Editor: If crossbows are allowed for all during archery season, firearms hunters will notice
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the April 14, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Streams of thought: Dave Pauly a deserving recipient of Outdoor News’ Person of the Year honor
While Dave told me multiple times that receiving the award is a great honor, I look at it a bit differently.
To me, the honor is being able to A) select an outstanding conservationist for the award; B) interview and get to better know that individual; and C) write about that individual.
