Fishing
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.
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
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
‘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
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
So far, good news from carp poison site
No Asian carp were spotted Dec. 3 in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish from reaching the Great Lakes, officials said. Environmental officials said the
Mont. deer, elk season ends with higher numbers
Bozeman, Mont. (AP) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department officials say fewer hunters got deer and elk during the last weekend of hunting season, but the total number of deer and elk killed this
Was record Cannon Falls 8-pointer shot with gun?
Red Wing, Minn. – The 8-point Goodhue County buck, allegedly poached by 32-year-old Troy A. Reinke, of Cannon Falls, just may have been shot with a rifle rather than a bow, as Reinke initially told
Hunters struggling to fill deer tags in S.D.
Spearfish, S.D. (AP) – Hunters say they aren’t seeing a lot of deer this hunting season despite increased activity. Many attribute the lower numbers to mountain lions and the long winter. Justin Raber, owner of
