Fishing
Ohio Deer-gun Hunting Continues December 18-19
Ohio’s popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend days were added beginning in 2006
Number of Iowa hunters dwindling
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Iowa environmental officials are looking for ways to stop the slide in the number of hunters, which is blamed primarily on the declining pheasant population. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Arizona Game and Fish pleased by decision to release male wolf in eastern Arizona
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is pleased by a decision to authorize the release of an adult male Mexican wolf into eastern Arizona later this month or in January to help restore the stability
Activists rally as NJ bear hunt concludes
NEWTON, N.J. (AP) – Dozens of animal rights activists gathered in northwestern New Jersey on Saturday to express their anger as the state’s six-day bear hunt came to an end. No incidents or arrests were
Michigan firearms deer kill similar to last year
By The Associated Press Michigan officials say hunters killed roughly as many deer during the November firearms season as they did in 2009. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment estimates the total at around
Female taxidermist says she loves her unique job
By PATRICIA ECKER Morning Sun (Mount Pleasant) CLARE, Mich. (AP) – Sarah Youngs’ hobby turned into her profession, as a taxidermist for Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare, where on the third day of firearm deer
Illinois EPA releases 2009 air quality report
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says air quality in 2009 was the same or improved throughout most of the state compared to the previous year. The EPA issued its annual report Friday.
Freedom Group Closing Bushmaster Plant
Freedom Group, Inc. announced today that it will close its Bushmaster Firearms International manufacturing facility located in Windham, Maine, effective March 31, 2011. The Bushmaster brand and products remain key strategic assets within the Freedom
Sharpshooters begin culling deer at Valley Forge
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) – Sharpshooters have killed more than 200 deer as part of an operation to reduce the deer population in Valley Forge National Historical Park. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say 225
