Fishing
State hopes for Open Fields dollars, more participation
Madison – If the state is going to receive any part of the $50 million in federal grant money set aside for public access programs on private land, the DNR is going to have to
State goose hunters anticipate September
Springfield – While some of the state’s waterfowlers ponder a pending fourth Illinois duck hunting zone, others are preparing for a niche season that hasn’t fully caught on. September Canada goose hunting runs Sept. 1-15.
Call for ban on lead tackle not related to Illinois case
Washington – Several organizations, calling themselves “a coalition of conservation, hunting, and veterinary groups,” filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month calling for a ban on the use of toxic lead
Trapper ID bill passes after years of effort
Albany – It took more than 60 years, but New York’s trappers have finally succeeded in getting a change to state law that will save them time and effort and likely lessen their run-ins with
Scientist: Carp may have been planted near lake
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – A 3-foot-long Asian carp discovered in a Chicago waterway near Lake Michigan appears to have spent most of its life there and may have been planted by humans who didn’t
Moose permit auctions raise $61K in NH, Vt.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Ten people will pay between $4,151 and $8,600 to bag a moose in New Hampshire or Vermont next fall. Five moose hunting permits were auctioned off in each state this week,
Lion hunting proposed in Custer State Park
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ A first-ever hunting season within Custer State Park is proposed as part of the 2011 hunting season on mountain lions in the Black Hills. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission
Feds reopen fishing in Gulf off Florida Panhandle
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A federal fishing ban was lifted Tuesday in more than 5,000 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida Panhandle, giving hope to a region largely dependent
Bow hunters might help with Sioux Falls deer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Sioux Falls leaders are considering allowing bow hunters to help thin deer that are causing problems in the northeast part of the city. Police estimate up to 400 deer live
