Fishing
261,314 sets a new deer harvest record in Ohio
Columbus – A total of 261,314 deer were killed during Ohio’s 2009-10 hunting season, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. This season’s total surpasses the 2008-09 record total of 252,017. “Ohio deer hunters had
Staback tells PF&BC: Stop asking for funds
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has a place in the funding line.
Mosquito Creek coyote hunt awards record purse
Frenchville, Pa. – The Mos-quito Creek Sportsmen’s Club Coyote Hunt recently awarded a new record total of $35,646 in prize money, to once again prove that it is the biggest predator hunt of its kind.
A car-hawk collision, rehabilitation, and release
These remarkable photos document the story of a red-tailed hawk that survived a car collision in San Diego early this year. The immature redtail struck a car going 70 miles per hour down a highway
New dam to allow fish passage up Cass River
Frankenmuth, Mich. – A new rock ramp dam on the Cass River near Frankenmuth will allow fish upstream for the first time in 150 years. The Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network granted Central Michigan University
Coming soon: bill to enforce kill reporting
Harrisburg – Like many Keystone State sportsmen, Rep. Ed Staback is frustrated that two-thirds of successful deer hunters don’t send in harvest report cards to help the Pennsylvania Game Commission manage the herd.
Reward offered in Ill. shooting of bald eagle
Brighton, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $1,000 reward for information about the person who shot and wounded an immature American bald eagle in western Illinois. The service says
Deadly bat disease found in another West Virginia cave
Morgantown, W.Va. (AP) – An expedition into Hellhole cave in Pendleton County last month revealed that bats in one of the largest and most important bat hibernation caves in the state are infected with white-nose
Good news for trappers: fur prices up from 2009
Toronto, Canada – New York welcomed the first signs of a fur industry on the mend after a hectic start to the major auctions for the 2009-10 trapping season. Earlier this year, North American Fur
