Fishing
NY: Wild hog problems may spark ban on preserves
Albany (AP) – Wildlife officials in New York may ban captive boar hunts as they try to curb a growing feral hog population before it gets as bad as it is in Southern states, where
NY: ECO shortage around 40; academy class requested
Albany – DEC has a serious shortage of environmental conservation officers that could grow if a long-awaited contract is approved and many ECOs choose to retire at that point. Peter Fanelli, DEC’s director of law
NY: Changing times in N.Y. deer hunting
Crossbows, more ARs and rifle counties Albany – New York hunters are already looking ahead to the 2012 season, when DEC implements its five-year deer management plan which right now includes proposals for an earlier
IL: Court says searches of taxidermist shops legal
Springfield – A court has ruled that agents in the state can search taxidermy businesses without a warrant. The ongoing battle ended in the 7th Circuit Court in Springfield late in September when a judge
IL: Foiles’ jail time affirmed
Springfield – The first shoe – make that hunting boot – has fallen in the Jeff Foiles case. As expected, the Illinois-based waterfowler, call maker and hunting video star was officially sentenced to serve 13
IL: State’s quail challenges will take team effort
Springfield – A little over a year into it, Illinois’ grasslands wildlife biologist Mike Wefer is settling into his job. But he’s got a mighty challenge ahead of him: The state’s upland game species are
OK: Fishing Report for October 5, 2011
This weekly fishing report is provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. CENTRAL Hefner: October 3. Elevation below normal and dropping, water 74-78 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on shallow diving crankbaits and spinnerbaits
AR: What’s the statewide deer limit this season? Six
LITTLE ROCK – It’s a question that is asked over and over by Arkansas deer hunters: “What is the statewide seasonal deer limit this year.” Six is the correct answer – but with an asterisk.
AR: Hunters end season with 22 alligators taken
LITTLE ROCK – Alligator hunting in Arkansas continues to pay off for many hunters. The second and final weekend of Arkansas’s fifth alligator hunt was much the same as the first weekend. Several hunters, who
