Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Nov. 30, 2023
A look at the fishing report from across Iowa on Nov. 30, 2023.
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November 30, 2023
New group formed in Minnesota called Hunters for Hunters focuses on wolves
A new hunting group has formed in Minnesota, Hunters for Hunters, and its primary focus is wolves.
The new hunting group has scheduled six “wolf predation” meetings in December and January across northern Minnesota. The meetings run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and are open to anyone who wants to provide comments or just listen to the conversation.
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Wisconsin DNR confirms first case of CWD in wild deer from Jackson County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced on Nov. 30 that it has confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Jackson County. The deer was harvested in the town of Garfield and is within 10 miles of the Eau Claire and Trempealeau county borders.
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Why it might be best to wait a bit for early-ice panfish
Deer season is nearly behind most of us, and thoughts of ice fishing get the blood flowing.
You know the days: just a few inches of clear, black ice with sunfish twirling below and to the sides of the hole as we extract them from hungry schools off the edges of standing green weedbeds. It’s typically the shortest part of the season, with 3 to 4 inches of safe, walkable ice. And it’s the first and last trip most ice anglers will see with these conditions.
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Latest survey reveals record 347 North Dakota bighorn sheep in state’s western grasslands
Two of the most popular species with hunting seasons in North Dakota include harvest numbers you can count on your hands or hands and toes. I’m talking about mountain lions and bighorn sheep.
These two unique species capture the interest of hunters and non-hunters alike. While over 20,000 applications were received for the half dozen bighorn sheep tags, mountain lion hunting is open to individuals with a furbearer tag but limited to one per season.
The Game and Fish Department’s bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs, revealed a record 347 bighorn sheep in the grasslands of western North Dakota.
Opening day of Ohio deer season was a boom for many gun hunters
While a lot of hunters – more than 19,000 of them – bagged their bucks and does on Ohio’s firearms deer-hunting opener Nov. 27, bunches more did not.
And though Ohio Outdoor News has a stable of gifted writers who know which end is up on a deer-hunting firearm, they weren’t so fortunate. Among them were Steve Pollick, Tom Cross, Larry Moore, and John Hageman. All were in the field on Monday past. But none were successful, at least on the opener.
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Pennsylvania deer hunting offers a range of experiences
It wasn’t for a lack of invested effort, but the first three days of firearms deer season didn’t generate any filled tag revenue for this Pennsylvania hunter. That said, I did profit from a mixed sampling of the Keystone state deer hunting experience over a 72-hour window.
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Iowa Habitat and Access Program opens up more land for hunters
Just in time for the firearm deer hunting season, two more properties will be available to hunters through the Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP).
The additions will bring the total available acreage statewide to approximately 33,000 acres and involve 250 landowners, according to Nick Baumgarten, Private Lands Program coordinator and director of IHAP. The program rewards participants with payment incentives as well as guidance for habitat improvements in exchange for allowing hunting access to land.
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Bill proposed in Pennsylvania allowing license holders to select fish, game commissioners politics in its truest form
State representative Dave Maloney introduced legislation that would allow agency license buyers to nominate and vote for commissioner candidates.
At present, commissioners for both the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission are recommended by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. Prior to being nominated, they are interviewed and recommended to the governor by the Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation.
