Fishing
Louisiana man, 28, accused of night hunting, contest fraud
Monroe, La. (AP) – A 28-year-old Farmerville man is accused of entering two big buck contests with a deer killed at night. Phillip Allen Powell has two state court arraignments _ Monday in Monroe on
TPWD Sets Public Hearings on Fee Increases, Dove Rule Proposals
Austin, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is inviting input on a series of proposals to increase fees and alter dove hunting season frameworks during upcoming public hearings around the state. TPWD is
Battle lines drawn as HSUS sets up shop
Madison – While the Humane Society of the United States has been active in Wisconsin in the past, the organization now appears poised to take a more aggressive role in advocating for strong animal rights
Another whitetail apparently has bovine TB
Middle River, Minn. – For a while, it looked like this might be the first year since bovine tuberculosis was discovered in deer in the northwest that no animals tested positive. That apparently won’t be
Comment period open for several fishing proposals
Duluth, Minn. – DNR Fisheries is now taking and weighing public comments on a number of suggested changes to rules governing fishing – some commercial, some recreational – on Lake Superior. And in one case,
Training Sessions Set for April 22 and 25 for Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey Volunteers Encouraged to Attend
The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold two training sessions for volunteers of the annual horseshoe crab spawning survey. Sessions will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, and from 10
Mich. morel mushroom hunters predict bumper crop
Mesick, Mich. (AP) – Michigan’s morel mushroom season is almost here, and experts say it could be a banner year. That is if Mother Nature comes through with some much-needed rain. Some say the early
‘Big gamers’ get no EAB from DNR
Milladore, Wis. – When Conservation Congress Big Game Committee members told the DNR’s Keith Warnke and Bill Vander Zouwen on March 28 that they could go along with October antlerless deer hunting in herd-control units
Session enters its final month
St. Paul – Given a May 18 adjournment, state lawmakers have about a month to finalize a budget that’s likely to include painful cuts in many areas. They also have to decide how exactly to
