Fishing
In first two weeks, bear hunters exceed ’09 tally
Aitkin, Minn. – Hunters have killed more bears during the first two weeks of this season than they did in all of 2008. As of Monday, the harvest was 2,183 bears; the total kill last
DNR ‘secretary bill’ set for Assembly floor
Madison – Two bills that would return the authority to appoint the secretary of the DNR to the Natural Resources Board moved one step forward the first week in September. Assembly Bill 138, authored by
NRB takes a look at 16-day gun hunt ideas
Madison – Between now and Dec. 9, Natural Resources Board members want public input on some sort of a deer season framework, possibly based on a 16-day November gun hunt that could take the place
Officials ponder ban on hunting southwest Va. elk
Richmond, Va. (AP) – Game officials are considering a ban on hunting elk that have crossed into southwest Virginia from eastern Kentucky. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ board plans to vote on
Ind. youth deer hunt opens to wider age range
Spencer, Ind. (AP) – Indiana’s annual deer hunt for young hunters has been expanded to give a larger number of youngsters a chance to bag a deer. Past youth deer hunts were open only to
Controversy over cougar-hunting season continues in Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – The divisive conflict over how long the mountain lion-hunting season should be is far from over, even two years after a unanimous vote by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to
Alaska: Wolf, bear hunts increasing moose, caribou
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state
S.D. TIPs program yields 170 arrests in past year
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Authorities made 170 arrests for hunting and fishing violations in the past year because of information provided through a tip line. The Turn In Poachers program administered by the Game,
N.D. park gets more than 11,000 comments on elk plan
Medora, N.D. (AP) – The superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park says park officials have received more than 11,000 comments on a proposal to thin the park’s elk herd by using teams of shooters, including
