Fishing
Friends bid farewell to ‘Buckshot’
Prior Lake, Minn. – He was known as a best friend of wildlife, a forger of conservation partnerships, and a fine chef. Following his marriage in 1983, he and his wife were paraded around Benson
Large tract of new small-game habitat open in Union County
Hartleton, Pa. – Nearly 40 local sportsmen and women gathered Aug. 26 for the dedication of a sizable addition to State Game Land 317 in Union County.
House panel hearing is set on doe permit sales
Harrisburg – When the Pennsylvania Game Commission started using an automated point-of-sale system to sell licenses this year, it finally got out of the carbon paper business.
Elk herd ‘depopulation’ begins near Rochester
Rochester, Minn. – Depopulation of the state’s largest farmed elk herd began last week, nine months after the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a slaughtered cow elk from what formerly was Elk Country U.S.A.
Northeast, eastern counties baited for rabies
Columbus – The Ohio departments of Health (ODH) and Natural Resources (ODNR), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services will begin fall oral rabies vaccination operations
Crossbows keep folks hunting deer longer
Harrisburg – There wasn’t a lot of common ground to be had among the hunters who most vehemently argued against the legalization of crossbows for the statewide archery season and the hunters who wanted the
Duck harvest shows fairly large decline
Washington – U.S. waterfowl hunters killed about 13.7 million ducks last season, a drop from 2007, when they killed nearly 14.6 million ducks. Ohio contributed to that decline; the total duck kill dropped by more
Sportsmen groups outraged by regulatory head’s confirmation
Washington – The U.S. Senate on Sept. 9 voted to end debate on the nomination of what the Columbus, Ohio-based U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance calls one of the most outspoken animal rights, anti-hunting, and anti-Second Amendment
