Fishing
Minnesota: Site validation coupons required for fisher, pine marten and river otter trappers
A new state trapping regulation that went into effect Sept. 1 requires trappers to validate a site coupon for any fisher, pine marten or river otter taken in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Staying safe in a duck boat
This comes from the Minnesota DNR, but it’s a well-worded piece on duck boat safety. Every year, outings that could have been good memories become tragedies. Let’s make this a year with no such tragic
MN: Duck season kicks off Saturday
Bemidji, Minn. – Steve Cordts is so confident duck hunters will see birds on Saturday’s opener that he’s got a deal for hunters who don’t: give him a call and he’ll put you on them
WI: High duck numbers bring big hopes in ’11
Madison – It’s almost always the same. It lurks out there, just beneath the horizon, an opportunity as yet unfulfilled from the boat blinds and the shore blinds, from the cattails, the bulrushes, and sloughs
WI: Report: DNA method helpful in the search for Asian carp
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – Federal officials promised two weeks ago to improve two crucial weapons in the fight to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes: an electric fish barrier near Chicago and
NY: Weather drives deer harvest in Northern Zone
Elizabethtown, N.Y. – Yes, the official kickoff to the Northern Zone firearms deer season falls on Oct. 22 this year. And, true, it’s preceded by a hugely popular weeklong muzzleloader deer season. But forget the
NY: DEC report: Drilling will foster economic boost
State still working on fracking regulations Albany (AP) - Natural gas production in New York’s part of the Marcellus Shale could bring nearly 25,000 full time drilling-related jobs and more than 29,000 jobs in other
NY: EHD resurfaces; found in Rockland County
About 100 deer killed by outbreak Clarkstown, N.Y. – A deadly insect-borne disease that surfaced in New York state four years ago has killed about 100 deer in Rockland County, DEC officials confirmed earlier this
Missouri: Runge to host artist and world angler Bob White
Join global fly fisher, artist, columnist and fly-fishing guide at MDC Nature Center in Jeff City Oct. 15 The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Runge Nature Center, in partnership with the Capital City Fly Fishers,
