Fishing
Date set for Ill trout fishing
Springfield, Ill. (AP) – The date’s set for the start of the fall trout-fishing season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the season begins Oct. 17 at nearly 40 ponds and lakes around the
Wyo. Game and Fish lists often-neglected hunting laws
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – With the arrival of hunting season, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has compiled a list of five of the most common laws that hunters violate. Game and Fish officials say
Wis. deer donation program in 10th year
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s deer donation program is celebrating a milestone anniversary. This hunting season marks the 10th year of hunters donating deer that are processed into ground venison and given to needy families.
Maine moose hunt under way
Greenville, Maine (AP) – The first day of Maine’s 2009 moose hunting season is coming to a close. The season’s first week ends Saturday, and the second week will be Oct. 12-17 in a number
Archery deer hunting season begins in Iowa
Chariton, Iowa (AP) – Iowa will become the focus of the deer hunting world when archers take to the woods to hunt the animals. An estimated 55,000 hunters will participate in the archery season, which
Wis. to hold hearings on closing public lands
Madison, Wis. (AP) – The state Department of Natural Resources is planning a series of public hearings on when and how the agency could close public lands. Generally, land acquired through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program
Moose hunt set to begin on Saturday
Grand Rapids, Minn. – It was unfortunate for the moose, struck and killed by a motorist east of Eveleth last week. But for those hunters who hold the 225 moose-hunting permits in the state this
Big wind arrives for 2009 duck opener
Bemidji, Minn. – During the opening two days of last fall’s duck season, John Schroers never pulled the trigger. He’ll be in the field Saturday for this year’s opener with high hopes, but he doesn’t
Ontario rifle bill vetoed amid confusion; Schuyler OK’d
Albany – Gov David Paterson has vetoed legislation that would have allowed the use of rifles in Ontario County during the deer hunting season. Indications are that Paterson vetoed the measure because the bill was
