Fishing
NY: Southern Zoners upbeat
Albany — A 10 percent statewide reduction in Deer Management Permits virtually guarantees the Southern Zone deer harvest will decline this season. But DEC officials say the statewide deer kill always indicative of what’s happening
IL: Access program will help state’s hunters, anglers
Springfield — The Illinois Recreational Access Program will begin enrolling landowners later this year, thanks to a $525,250 federal grant to DNR to provide public access to private lands for hunting and fishing. DNR Director
WI: Bow license sales on a steady rise
Madison — The number of sportsmen and women who opt to hunt with bow and arrow continues to rise, according to figures provided by the DNR. Figures for 2002 show 150,784 resident archery licenses were
WI: New state CWD plan now in place
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. — The state’s chronic wasting disease plan was adopted by the Natural Resources Board to lead the agency’s disease responses from now to 2025. The plan originally had been presented to the
‘Ricochet Rabbit?’ Illinois cottontails may be making comeback
Something interesting happened along the way to rabbit hunting’s dreaded yet expected demise. The numbers reversed. After five straight years of declines in hunter participation and harvests, the 2009-10 rabbit season produced rises in
Michigan: Wolf killings of livestock in U.P. spike
Marquette, Mich. – Rouge wolf packs are killing more domestic animals from Upper Peninsula farms than ever before, prompting increased reimbursements to U.P. farmers through a state indemnification program. The payouts, however, only cover livestock
Pennsylvania: PGC may charge for use of ranges
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has 29 pubic shooting ranges on game lands across the state, and all have one thing in common. It’s not their capacity. Some are set up for rifles only;
Michigan: EHD found in southwestern Michigan deer
Lansing – For the third time in three years, epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has raised its deadly head in Michigan’s deer population. State veterinarian Tom Cooley confirmed that four whitetails had died from the disease
Pennsylvania: Agency throws book at poachers
Harrisburg – Two Dauphin County 19-year-olds became the first offenders to be charged under the new anti-poaching penalties, which took effect on Sept. 7, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. Pennsylvania State Police Troopers Greg
