Fishing
MI: Are state’s youth hunts slowing hunter losses?
Lansing – Anecdotal evidence suggests state programs designed to recruit and retain Michigan hunters may be helping slow a continued decline among youth participation in hunting. Popular youth deer and waterfowl seasons, well-attended hunting clinics,
MI: Hunter attacked by bear in U.P.
Lansing – An early season bear hunt turned into a terrifying encounter for a 49-year-old hunter from Shepherd who was attacked in his treestand by a 220-pound female black bear. According to DNR officials, the
MI: Bill would spell out how turkey funds used
Lansing – Proposed legislation would expand the purposes for which the DNR must use part of the money hunters pay for turkey licenses, and require the agency report annually on its use of those funds.
PA: Floods kill 40% of PGC’s birds
Harrisburg – It’s tough being a pheasant hunter in Pennsylvania, what with the number of birds available having steadily declined over the years. Now it’s about to get even tougher. The same storms – Hurricane
OH: Jury out on Zone C success
Too close to call as bowhunt opens Athens, Ohio – There have been a few big changes to the deer regulations since 2007, but it’s too soon to say with certainty what effect they’re having
Mississippi program allows newcomers a shot at sport
Hernando, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi conservation officials want to sell more hunting licenses. So, in attempt to get more people interested in the sport, they’ve created a way for non-hunters to try hunting without investing
Iowa DNR catches mountain lion on trail camera
Clinton, Iowa (AP) – State environmental officials say they have confirmed an image captured on trail camera in Clinton County is a mountain lion. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say the image
Panel OKs Nev. bear hunting season as permanent
Reno, Nev. (AP) – State wildlife commissioners, convinced that hunting is needed to help keep Nevada’s black bear population in check, voted unanimously Saturday to make permanent the state’s bear hunting season despite critics
Former Navy pilot reels in big catch in Fla. Keys
Islamorada, Fla. (AP) – A former Navy helicopter pilot reeled in a 455-pound swordfish during a weekend fishing excursion off the Florida Keys. Capt. Nick Stanczyk says 33-year-old John White, of Rochester, N.Y., caught what
