Fishing
NH offers ice fishing classes
Concord, N.H. (AP) – The state of New Hampshire is gearing up for ice fishing season by offering lessons in it starting next month. The state Fish and Game Department’s “Let’s Go Fishing” program is
Michigan files Supreme Court suit over Asian carp
Detroit (AP) – Michigan is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to order closure of shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Attorney General Mike Cox filed a lawsuit Monday
MI DNR: Internet speculation on St. Martin deer case overblown
Menominee, Mich. – Photographs of an Upper Peninsula of Michigan island buck pole heavy with whitetail bucks that flew around Internet sites and e-mails captivated hunters across North America and sparked a debate as to
Hunters will reduce Wind Cave elk herd
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Hundreds of elk have crossed a 4-foot fence to leave Wind Cave National Park each summer and then return to the safety of the park before hunting begins. But a
SD hunting, fishing licenses go on sale
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – Hunters and anglers can now get their 2010 South Dakota licenses. The licenses went on sale Tuesday. They are valid through Jan. 31, 2011. They can be bought at various stores
Asian carp gets attention of Ohio fishery managers
Columbus – Word spread fairly quickly when Asian carp might have breached an electrical barrier in Chicago that could lead the voracious fish straight into the Great Lakes. Alarmed Ohio fisheries managers hope the carp’s
Deer kill 114,633 during gun week
DNR Reports Columbus – Ohio hunters took 114,633 deer during the state’s popular, weeklong deer gun season, which ran Nov. 30 through Dec. 6, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. In 2008, hunters killed
Few facts emerge in fatal hunter shooting
Punxsutawney, Pa. – A man killed in a recent shootout with bear hunters near here in Jefferson County had lost his concealed-carry permit over a road-rage incident with a trucker in 2006, although it was
