Fishing
Illinois researcher discounts rut theories
The notion that the deer rut is determined by moon phases is being challenged by an Illinois scholar who has spent more than 50 years observing buck and doe behavior.
Fate of Isle Royale wolves now up to federal officials
The National Park Service still hasn’t announced what, if anything, it plans to do about the dwindling wolf population on Isle Royale.
Snakeheads in Delaware
There have been 12 separate confirmations by Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission personnel of northern snakehead fish being caught or killed in the Delaware River and its tributaries.
PGC outlaws party fires on game lands
Pennsylvania game commissioners put the word out at their recent meeting here: The party is over on state game lands.
Agency circles its wagons around a besieged director
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their recent meeting here, made a point of praising their embattled director of habitat management, who is under investigation by the state Ethics Commission.
Minnesota bear kill lowest since the late ’80s
Bear hunters didn’t have a bad season, but they did shoot the fewest number of animals in any season since the late 1980s.
More likely to return to trapping game in ’13
The Minnesota trapping season will have to play out before DNR officials know for sure, but most are predicting the activity’s resurgence will continue into 2013.
Walleye fingerlings in ’13: smaller, but more plentiful
Kyle Anderson says he’s heard the fishing has been pretty good in the area of late, but one of the few things the DNR fisheries specialist from Ortonville has wanted to do lately it get
Wisconsin DNR closes Wolf Harvest Zone 2 to hunting and trapping
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed Wolf Harvest Zone 2 to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective Wednesday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m
