Fishing
WVa hunter clinches turkey slam
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Chris Walls had done most everything a turkey hunter could hope to do. He’d won calling championships. He’d traveled to other states to hunt. He’d called gobblers in for others. About
Ill. hosts 1st high school bass fishing tournament
Carlyle, Ill. (AP) – About 50 high schools have sent teams to Carlyle Lake to compete in the state’s first Illinois High School Association bass fishing tournament. Marc Miller is the director of the Illinois
NV deer herds down; other species doing well
Reno, Nev. (AP) – Elk, antelope and bighorn sheep are quite at home on the Nevada range, while deer populations continue to struggle because of habitat loss and drought, according to a new report by
Elk Foundation marks 25th year
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – The view out the window of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation keeps changing. Twenty-five years ago, it was a pine forest out back of Bob Munson’s trailer home/real estate office in
Feds to reconsider critical habitat for two fish in N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the designation of several hundred miles of riverbed in New Mexico and Arizona as critical habitat for two
State environment budget bill approved, sent to guv
St. Paul ’Äî The DNR would see a General Fund reduction of about 5.5 percent during the next two years under an omnibus environment budget bill that was approved Monday and sent to Gov. Tim
Gun amendment hinders House G&F bill progress
St. Paul ’Äî An amendment sportsmen say is anti-gun has derailed a House bill containing a number of hunting and fishing provisions, at least temporarily. The House Finance Committee approved the amendment to the bill,
Forecast upbeat for 2009 opener
Hackensack, Minn. – The ice is gone, it’s not supposed to snow, there are minnows to be had, and gas prices are tolerable. Anglers have a lot more to be happy about as they head
