Minnesota DNR creates new bear permit area, opens permit lottery
Brian Mozey
April 12, 2024
Bear Permit Area 53 will be a new area outlining the Fond du Lac Band reservation
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Pen-rearing projects boost salmon stocking in New York
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 12, 2024
For over 25 years, pen rearing projects for salmon and trout have been implemented in Lake Ontario to help the stocking efforts of New York DEC’s Bureau of Fisheries. In 2024, there are nine cooperative
New York’s youth turkey hunters ready to hit the woods April 20-21
Staff Report
April 11, 2024
New York’s annual youth turkey hunt is April 20-21. Since 2004 the hunt has provided excellent opportunities for junior hunters (ages 12-15) to go afield with an experienced adult mentor and is quite often their
Michigan man sentenced for 2018 slaying of hunter at state park
Associated Press
April 11, 2024
A mid-Michigan man who murdered a hunter at a state park near Lansing in 2018 has been sentenced to 22 ½ to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thomas Olson, 35, of Grand
Minnesota’s Lance Morgan earns NWTF’s Mentor of the Year award
Brian Mozey
April 11, 2024
Minnesotan Lance Morgan traveled to Nashville, Tenn., for the National Wild Turkey Federation annual convention in February. At the convention, Morgan was presented with the Mentor of the Year award for his work with the
Public invited to comment on New York DEC’s proposed bass tournament permit system
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
April 11, 2024
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced a proposal to implement a fishing tournament permit and reporting system for black bass (largemouth bass and smallmouth bass).
The no-cost black bass tournament permitting
Will a mild winter mean more toms for Minnesota hunters this spring?
Brian Mozey
April 11, 2024
Minnesota turkey hunters are welcoming the recent return of more spring-like weather as the season gets under way next week, on April 17.
The 2023 spring season stands proud with the second-highest harvest total
Youth fishing derby returning to Perry County in Ohio this June
Doug Clifford
April 11, 2024
On Saturday, June 15, one of the most fun days this side of a disappearing bobber will return to Perry County, Ohio, when the sixth annual Hooked on Fishing … Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) Youth
Modest crowd turns out for Public Lands Day in Minnesota
Staff Report
April 10, 2024
A light crowd of about 110 people attended a Public Lands Day rally last Friday, April 5, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Organizers chalked up the light attendance to fine conditions out-of-doors
