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Lake Erie ‘trophy’ bass size will be 20

By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Lake Erie’s early trophy bass season will remain intact under a proposal to overhaul the statewide bass season, albeit with a higher size limit for the one fish anglers

Duck openers set for Sept. 24, Oct. 1

Exterior goose could go 92 days By Tim EiseleCorrespondent Spooner, Wis. — It will be 60 days and six ducks for Wisconsin’s duck hunters in 2005. The Natural Resources Board, at its Aug. 17 meeting

Manure spill wreaks havoc on Black River

Staff report Lowville, N.Y. — Three million gallons of liquid manure that spilled into a river snaked its way toward Lake Ontario as workers diluted the stinking mess already blamed for killing thousands of fish.

Pataki waiting for deer/bear rifle bill

Staff report Albany — Gov. George Pataki hasn’t signed a long-awaited bill that would allow rifles for deer and bear hunting in several Southern Zone counties because he hasn’t yet received the legislation. A spokesman

The Classic was great; only the fishing wasn’t

By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — Fish were few and far between but fans were everywhere at the recent record-setting CITGO Bassmaster Classic on western Pennsylvania’s Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, where Kevin VanDam

S.S. number flap hitting PGC hard

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Already facing a fiscal crisis that has resulted in nearly $10 million in program cuts and a continuing firestorm of hunter and politician anger over its much-maligned deer-management program

Animal rightists sue over wolf kill permits

By John Flesher Associated Press Traverse City, Mich. — A federal agency didn’t follow required procedures when giving Michigan and Wisconsin permission to kill wolves that attack livestock or pets, an animal protection group says.

By Bill Parker Editor

Newberry, Mich. — Michigan bear hunters eyeing the Sept. 10 start of the 2005 season have plenty to get excited about. Wildlife managers expect a harvest close to last years, which was the second highest

NRC approves 60-day ’05 waterfowl season

By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Michigan waterfowl hunters will enjoy relatively liberal waterfowl hunting regulations this year – similar to last year’s, with a few adjustments. The Natural Resources Commission, which oversees

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