New York Mixed Bag: Champlain Zone waterfowl season public hearings being held March 14 and 16
Outdoor news items from around New York published in the March 10, 2023 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Fatal Canada coyote attack blamed on unusual diets for coyotes in resource-poor area
By analyzing coyote diets and their movement in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, where the attack occurred on a popular trail, the researchers concluded that the coyotes were forced to rely on moose instead of smaller mammals for the bulk of their diet – and as a result of adapting to that unusually large food source, perceived a lone hiker as potential prey.
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Permits for Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness season available Jan. 25
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permit reservations for the 2023 quota season, May 1 to Sept. 30, will be available beginning at 9 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission asks the public to report turkey flocks for research
Game Commission crews will visit sites to assess them for the potential to trap turkeys. Turkeys will not be moved; they’ll simply be leg banded and released on site.
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Sheep dog defends his animals, kills eight coyotes on Ga. farm
Predators threatened dog’s sheep herd on Georgia farm.
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Ohio online check system experiences difficulties on opening day
Division of Wildlife says those issues have been corrected.
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Anglers accused of cheating in Lake Erie walleye tournament plead not guilty
Both Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky were released on personal bonds of $2,500. Their next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 9.
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Mountain lion struck, killed along Illinois highway
Officials in Whiteside County have been fielding reports of cougar sightings since late September. The Whiteside County cougar was captured on a trail camera on private property. It is believed the cougar killed in DeKalb County is the same animal.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission tables adjustments to antlerless license limit
Proposal would have made changes to a hunter’s personal limit of antlerless deer licenses and the number of licenses that could be purchased once over-the-counter sales of remaining tags begin in September.
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