Fishing
Pa. crossbow hunting restrictions fail on tie vote
Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) – A proposal to restrict crossbow use in Pennsylvania for the 2009-10 hunting seasons has failed after a deadlock vote by the state Board of Game Commissioners. Commissioners voted 4-4 Thursday on
Possible plea change in 2007 Vt hunting death case
Burlington, Vt. (AP) – Court papers show a Georgia man who pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a hunting companion in 2007 may end up taking a plea bargain, avoiding trial. Thirty-nine-year-old Timothy Madden was
Neb. hunter ordered to pay $6,000 for violations
Nebraska City, Neb. (AP) – A Dunbar man has been ordered to pay more than $6,000 in fines and court costs for 18 hunting violations. Nicholas Maloney was sentenced in Otoe County Court for eight
Waterfowlers have new rules on Upper Mississippi refuge
Winona, Minn. – Waterfowlers who chase ducks in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in southwestern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota will encounter a few more changes beginning this fall. Perhaps the biggest change
Hawaii asks public for input on possible fish rules
Honolulu (AP) – The state plans to hold meetings on Oahu and Lanai over the next six weeks to discuss possible regulations for fishing parrotfish, or uhu, goatfish, or weke, and Jacks, or ulua. These
Idaho’s wolf hunt on for now
Boise, Idaho (AP) – Idaho’s wolf hunt is on – at least for now. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is overseeing hunts in selected parts of the state Tuesday, the first day of
Boaters may be sunk by ethanol ruling
Chicago, Ill. – A proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency has boating organizations up in arms. The National Marine Manufacturers Association and the Boat Owners Association of the United States have taken serious exception with
Don’t feed deer, game department advises
Richmond, Va. (AP) – Virginia’s annual prohibition on feeding deer is in effect through January. The ban that runs from Sept. 1 through the first Saturday in January is intended to keep back yards from
