Fishing
Early reports indicate good bear season
Madison – Judging by preliminary harvest reports, Wisconsin’s 2009 black bear season was one to remember, with 3,907 bear registration stubs counted through Nov. 16. That number will increase as more stubs are tallied. The
Early reports: firearms deer license sales down from ’08
Madison – As of Nov. 1, the total sales of resident gun deer licenses was 14 percent less than the number of gun licenses sold at the same time last year. However, the number of
Harvest down as deer hunt wraps up
St. Paul – The firearms deer kill in the state continues to lag behind last year’s pace. Through the third weekend of hunting, hunters had killed just more than 151,000 whitetails, which is about 12
As expected, Doyle vetoes secretary bill
Madison – Friday the 13th was not a good day for Wisconsin outdoorsmen, some conservation groups are saying. That was the day Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed Assembly Bill 138 which would have returned appointment authority
Gregoire buck likely not a record
Sheboygan Falls, Wis. -_Michael Gregoire’s monster Sheboygan County buck arrowed Nov. 5 set off a firestorm of speculation on whether it was big enough to surpass the famed Jordan buck as the new No. 1
Pheasant season: the best yet to come?
St. Paul – By most accounts, the pheasant-hunting season in Minnesota thus far has been a slow one: thank the weather, and subsequent standing corn. While still lagging behind schedule, corn harvest in the state’s
Minnesota loses 61K acres of CRP in ’09
St. Paul – The slow drain on the federal Conservation Reserve Program continued this fall in Minnesota – and nationwide – as the state lost an estimated 61,000 program acres, according to the USDA’s Farm
Spring 2010: a turkey license for all hunters
Madelia, Minn. – With the exception of two years in the mid-1980s, the number of permits available for the spring turkey season has increased each year since the first season was held in 1978. Yet
Idaho extends wolf hunt 3 more months
Boise, Idaho (AP) – Hunters will have three more months to hunt wolves in Idaho. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to stretch the season to March 31, 2010 in the Panhandle, Palouse-Hells
