Fishing
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
Iowa man charged with illegal turkey hunting
West Union, Iowa (AP) – An Evansdale man who authorities say shot a turkey from his car in northeast Iowa has been charged. Forty-nine-year-old Daniel Hermann is accused of shooting the wild turkey on Tuesday
‘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
Early muskie season set for repeal
Eagle River, Wis. – With overwhelming legislative support, Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to sign a bill that nixes an early catch-and-release muskie season and that removes a barbless hook requirement for early muskie and
Information needed to solve killing of 89 bats near Superstition Mountains
Phoenix – The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a case involving the unlawful killing of nearly 90 bats in an abandoned mine near the Peralta Trailhead in
ODFW to host youth angling event at Hebo Lake
Tillamook, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites young anglers to take part in its Youth Angling Enhancement Program Saturday, April 25 at Hebo Lake from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
Mule Deer Initiative Planning Committee to meet April 21 in Prineville
Prineville, Ore. – The Maury Unit Mule Deer Initiative Planning Committee will meet Tuesday, April 21 from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at Crook County Fire and Rescue, 500 NE Belknap Street in Prineville. The 12-member
Florida wildlife officials to consider turtle harvest ban
West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) – State wildlife officials are set to consider imposing the nation’s strongest measures to protect freshwater turtles in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission board could decide Wednesday
