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.
Hunter Anderson, of Danville, Ky., reportedly landed a 20-pound koi fish, resembling an oversized goldfish, from a pond in Danville on Saturday.
The attack comes after state wildlife officials announced they recently trapped and killed five mountain lions about 220 miles away in western Colorado after residents reported aggressive behavior by the predators.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has announced his nomination of acting secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to take over the department officially. Bernhardt has led the Interior Department on an interim basis since former Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned over ethics questions in January. Bernhardt is an avid sportsman with experience managing fish and wildlife resources from both a federal…
A walleye collected by a North Dakota Game and Fish biologist has set a “new old-age standard in walleye.”
Clayton Miller’s massive ram is now the largest hunter-killed bighorn sheep with both Pope and Young and Boone and Crockett.
(U.S. Department of the Interior)President Donald Trump announced a deal with House and Senate leaders on Friday, Jan 25 to reopen the government for three weeks following a 35-day partial shutdown, according to reports. The plan would, according to reports, have Congress pass a continuing resolution to extend funding for agencies — including the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department…
The Outdoor News blogger known as “Bird Chick” is also a park ranger at the Mississippi River Visitor Center, but with the partial government shutdown, Sharon Stiteler is mostly a bored chick these days. So how is this furloughed federal employee and well-known birding blogger getting along? Click here for more. Gov’t shutdown: MN park ranger misses her work https://t.co/oZjwZOJym8 pic.twitter.com/l7Grur2Var —…
One fact of note from the report: Minnesota hunters shot more than a quarter of their entire deer harvest on opening day of their primary firearms season.
(USA Clay Target League)St. Paul, Minn. — Jim Sable, the founder of the USA Clay Target League, has announced that he has stepped down from his roles as board chair and president of the league. Sable, the former owner of a Twin Cities communication agency, is a longtime clay target shooting enthusiast who started an after-school mentoring program at the…
PARK FALLS, Wis. – St. Croix Rods’ CEO Paul Schluter has announced a planned transition of leadership at the company. Sometime in 2019, Schluter will step aside from his current role with the Park Falls, Wis.-based company. He will continue serving as a member of St. Croix’s Board of Directors, guiding strategy and monitoring performance, along with his sister Pamela…
Official entry score of 320-5/8 makes it only the fifth hunter-taken nontypical whitetail to exceed 300 inches in history.
An Oklahoma woman looking for love got more than she bargained for when she unwittingly shared her exhilaration about illegally shooting a “bigo buck” on a dating app with a state game warden. Oklahoma Game Warden Cannon Harrison said he uncovered the poaching in a conversation on Bumble with a McIntosh County woman. She talked about using a spotlight to…
Grand Prairie, Texas — GSM Outdoors, LLC, a multi-brand manufacturer and technology innovator of premium, specialized hunting and shooting products, has announced the acquisition of Mainstream Holdings, including Muddy Outdoors, Hawk, and Big Game Treestands, GMS said in a news release. According to the company, Muddy Outdoors is a premier manufacturer of hang-on, climber, and ladder stands, along with portable tripod and…
These areas concentrate large numbers of elk in small areas for several months, increasing the potential for the spread of diseases among elk, including CWD.
Garmin recently announced the addition of two new products: The Panoptix LiveScope LVS12 single-array transducer and the ECHOMAP Plus bundles. According to the company, the Panoptix LiveScope series offers both 30-degree forward and 30-degree down real-time scanning sonar views, adding that the single-array LiveScope LVS12 transducer is an economical solution for inland and near-shore anglers without the need for a black box. Garmin’s…
Weyauwega, Wis. – Authorities are seeking the public’s help to determine who shot a timber wolf found near Weyauwega. State DNR conservation warden Kaitlin Kernosky and DNR law enforcement supervisor Ted Dremel responded to the scene Jan. 3 on U.S. Highway 10 just east of the State Highway 110/County Trunk X interchange. “I had initially gotten a call from the…
President Donald Trump has signed the 2018 Farm Bill. The $867 billion bill expands the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) by three million acres, to a total of 27 million acres, but limits the government subsidy to 80 percent of the average rent for the acre and disallows whole farm enrollment into the program. In a twenty-five minute signing ceremony, the…
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