The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission proposed three changes that would impact nonresident archery hunters for the 2019 deer hunting season. In addition, one change was proposed that would impact resident archery hunters. The Commission’s proposal would first impose a delayed start date for nonresident archery deer hunters on public lands, including private land leased by the department…
After an investigation, it was concluded that the fish was foul-hooked, and therefore cannot be recognized as a state record.
Another 13 of the 102 deer were too decomposed to allow for successful testing.
Last week, the Government of Canada removed all retaliatory tariffs on U.S. recreational boats entering Canada, immediately ending a levy that impacted boat businesses on both sides of the border. National Marine Manufacturers Association and NMMA Canada heralded the news, calling the action a momentous step in the right direction for the North American marine industry, which has been particularly suppressed by…
The urban deer program will still continue in an effort to minimize deer/human conflicts, but will be a lethal-removal only program moving forward.
Hunter concern over the change prompts Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners discussion.
Angler Qwest, by Apex Marine, has seen significant growth for 2019 thanks in part to regional advertising supporting dealers in several states. In addition, the brand is gaining traction due to consumers using the boats and exposing the brand to anglers across the country. Brad Dupuie, Angler Qwest product manager, said that the advertising campaign for 2019 has been aimed…
This successful wild turkey hunter went to great lengths – and via an untraditional mode of transportation – to bag a Georgia gobbler. See the story here. Categories: Hunting News, Turkey
This fish weighed in at 170 pounds and measured 6 feet, 9 inches long. Still, it was nowhere near the state record for the species. What’s the story with that? Click here to find out. Categories: News
It’s the first since 1998, and again involves a farmed elk.
Record that before last year had stood for nearly 60 years lasts about 11 months this time around.
All CWD-positive deer farms in the state are now empty.
Twenty-percent increase in antlerless harvest comes after a lower-than-desired antlerless harvest in 2017.
Caught on Lake of the Woods over the weekend, it would beat the old record by more than a pound.
Last year, the largest hunter-killed bighorn sheep with both Pope and Young Club and Boone and Crockett Club was taken by a bowhunter in the South Dakota Badlands.
PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease has been identified in a captive elk in Clark County, S.D., the South Dakota Animal Industry Board said in a recent news release. State Veterinarian Dr. Dustin Oedekoven says the owner of the 21-month-old female elk noticed the animal was ill and contacted his veterinarian, who submitted samples to the Animal Disease Research and…
ESPN personality and ex-MSNBC political commentator Keith Olbermann demanded that his Twitter followers make a turkey hunter’s life a “living hell” for posing with a rare albino turkey he killed. But the turkey was shot legally during the hunting season. And the hunter isn’t the only one shooting back. Read the story here. .@KeithOlbermann’s tweet threatening turkey hunter Hunter Waltman was FINALLY removed…
He revolutionized recreational fishing with the first portable sonar “fish finder.”
In Southern California, biologists and partner agencies counted 60 animals, approximately one-third the number counted in the last helicopter survey conducted in March 2016.
Sauger from the first year of stocking are now reaching over 20 inches.
Fishing quality in 2018 was particularly good for Chinook salmon and brown trout.
Hunters took 1,295 black bears during the 2018 hunting seasons, down from 1,420 the previous year.
(Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters)ELY, Minn. — The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters announced Tuesday, March 5 that former Minnesota DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr has been named its executive director. Landwehr served as DNR commissioner for the last eight years under Gov. Mark Dayton (new Gov. Tim Walz chose Sarah Strommen to head the agency earlier this year)….
Resort owners and workers have been working since Sunday morning to rescue anglers that were left stranded on the lake after 30- to 50-mph winds left ice roads blocked with drifted snow, keeping anglers from exiting the lake – more than 100 anglers were originally reported as being stranded, some approximately 25 miles out on the lake.
Study shows opportunity to engage new audiences in high school fishing clubs; gives details on membership, economic impact.
Darren Troseth caught a lake sturgeon measuring 78 inches (and 29.5 inches around) and weighing an estimated 120 pounds Feb. 9 while fishing on the St. Croix River near Bayport.
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