Fishing
Two bull elk taken this fall close to state record
Benezette, Pa. – Some Game Commission officials and a few well-traveled elk hunters in the know from other states have been saying for a few years that they think the next record North American bull
Duck season winds down with a whimper
Bemidji, Minn. – If there is something positive to be said for the state’s duck season, which ended Tuesday, it’s that hunters had open water for most of the season’s 60 days. The downside: Most
Blue-green algae on the increasing bloom in Lake Erie
There’s a little thing that is becoming a big problem in Lake Erie. It also has a bad history. Back in the 1960s, some people proclaimed that Erie was a dead lake. Sewage treatment plants
Shepherd man denies illegally killing deer and elk
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A 60-year-old Shepherd man accused of illegally killing several mule deer bucks during the 2008 hunting season has pleaded not guilty. Jimmie Roberts appeared in Yellowstone County District Court on Tuesday
Early bow kill up 4 percent
Columbus – Ohio bowhunters killed 53,959 deer during the first six weeks of the state’s archery season. According to the DNR Division of Wildlife, this year’s early archery season harvest is 4 percent higher than
State still tops for deer-vehicle collisions
Harrisburg – Despite a nearly decade-long deer-herd-reduction program implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion, the state still leads the nation in deer-vehicle collisions, according to the nation’s leading auto insurer.
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said.
Alternative regs in 2010 possible for deer hunters
St. Paul – While most reports indicate confusion was common among deer hunters during the final two days of the 3A deer season, it’s still likely hunters could see alternative regulations as early as next
‘Steelhead Alley’ thunders with fresh-run fighting tributary fish
Ashtabula, Ohio – Recent rains and a late fall chill have combined to move steelhead deep into the rivers of Northeast Ohio. Warmer weather is moving more fishermen out to those creeks and rivers, and
