Fishing
Pheasant opener factors: corn, cold
Slayton, Minn. – For those hunters who stepped into the frosty morning that was the 2009 pheasant hunting opener, it seemed more like late November than mid-October; snow fell over most of southern Minnesota the
Bighorn sheep could be taken to other states
Helena, Mont. (AP) – As many as 85 bighorn sheep could be shipped from Montana to Utah and Washington under a proposal endorsed by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission. The sheep would come
DNR working around deep cuts in the state’s budget
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – Citizens and DNR employees are learning to deal with cuts within the DNR due to the new state budget. The DNR budget for 2009-10 is $567.0 million, and for 2010-11 it
Montana commissioners say wolf quota unlikely to go up
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Montana wildlife commissioners say there is little likelihood the state will increase the 2009 gray wolf quota when changes to the inaugural hunting season for the animal are considered on Tuesday
Montana officials call elk poaching inexcusable
Columbia Falls, Mont. (AP) – State game wardens are looking for a poacher who shot a 6-point bull elk and left the animal to waste in the Blankenship Bridge area north of Columbia Falls last
Winning waterfowl, pheasant stamp artists named in WI
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Artists from Ladysmith and Campbellsport have won Wisconsin hunting stamp contests with their paintings of wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources says Craig Fairbert’s depiction of a wood duck pair won
Wolf quota could change after 9 shot near Yellowstone
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Montana are weighing changes to the state’s inaugural wolf hunt after hunters killed nine of the predators in three weeks just outside Yellowstone National Park. More than 1,300
S.D. Hunters disappointed by lack of pheasants
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Many South Dakota hunters who took to the fields in search of pheasant over the weekend returned home empty-handed and frustrated. They say standing crops that farmers haven’t been able
Devils Lake, N.D. walleye hatch sets record
Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says rising water in Devils Lake has helped produce the largest natural walleye hatch that fisheries crews have ever documented. Randy Hiltner, the
