Fishing
Hunting, fishing license sales running behind
Columbus – Ohio’s total fishing and hunting license sales in 2009-10 were the highest they’ve been in 10 years. However, the numbers are still down from historic highs, and sales in 2010-11 are running behind
8 of 10 Buckeye hunters pursue deer with a bow
Athens, Ohio – Eight out of every 10 Buckeye State hunters use archery equipment to hunt deer. That statistic comes straight from Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife deer biologist Mike Tonkovich. Ohio has between 325,000
EPA rejects latest bid to ban lead in ammunition
Washington – Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week denied a request filed by several groups to ban the production and distribution of lead hunting ammo, saying the agency lacked the legal authority.
Fishermen upset by carp contract administration
Springfield – Upset with the way lucrative government contracts for catching Asian carp on Chicago-area waterways were handed out, a group of commercial fishermen is speaking up. Tony Pate said he’s speaking for a group
Fishing license sales take 11% dip
Albany – New York fishing license sales took an expected double-digit dive in 2009-10 on the heels of a fee increase a year earlier. And not surprisingly, a big chunk of that decline came in
DEC may create 7-day harvest report window
Albany – Hunters who harvest a deer, bear or turkey would have seven days – instead of the current 48 hours – to report their kill under regulations proposed by the DEC. The regulations change
State’s hunting digest cries wolf, not bear
Springfield – Don’t feed the bears! Don’t shoot a wolf! Don’t coddle cougars! One of the above warnings actually makes an unusually big and bold appearance on Page 29 of the 2010-11 Illinois Digest of
Quail flush for a return
Godfrey, Ill. – No sane quail hunter expects Illinois to ever return to the glory days of the 1950s, when annual harvests averaged around 2.5 million birds. Or even the 1980s, when numbers were around
Lake Michigan trap-netting fishery sparks sportfishing safety concern
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – Sport fishing groups along with the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation are seeking an emergency closure of commercial trap net fishing in June, July, and August off the central Wisconsin coast on Lake
