Fishing
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said.
Shepherd man denies illegally killing deer and elk
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A 60-year-old Shepherd man accused of illegally killing several mule deer bucks during the 2008 hunting season has pleaded not guilty. Jimmie Roberts appeared in Yellowstone County District Court on Tuesday
Early bow kill up 4 percent
Columbus – Ohio bowhunters killed 53,959 deer during the first six weeks of the state’s archery season. According to the DNR Division of Wildlife, this year’s early archery season harvest is 4 percent higher than
Duck season winds down with a whimper
Bemidji, Minn. – If there is something positive to be said for the state’s duck season, which ended Tuesday, it’s that hunters had open water for most of the season’s 60 days. The downside: Most
Two bull elk taken this fall close to state record
Benezette, Pa. – Some Game Commission officials and a few well-traveled elk hunters in the know from other states have been saying for a few years that they think the next record North American bull
‘Steelhead Alley’ thunders with fresh-run fighting tributary fish
Ashtabula, Ohio – Recent rains and a late fall chill have combined to move steelhead deep into the rivers of Northeast Ohio. Warmer weather is moving more fishermen out to those creeks and rivers, and
Montana’s FWP taking public comment on duck hunting
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife officials are seeking public comment on their recommended response to a landowner petition to close waterfowl hunting on a portion of Mitchell Slough in the Bitterroot Valley. The state
So far, good news from carp poison site
No Asian carp were spotted Dec. 3 in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish from reaching the Great Lakes, officials said. Environmental officials said the
Jackson Co. woman’s multi-year quest ends with a 184-class buck
Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored
