Fishing
Jackson Co. woman’s multi-year quest ends with a 184-class buck
Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
