Fishing
Cross Fork Creek flap tests PF&BC resolve
Cross Fork, Pa. – Can the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission bring peace to Cross Fork Creek without selling its resource-first agenda down the river?
Wildlife officers unharmed after vehicle shooting
Urbana, Ohio – Wildlife officers Adam Smith and Jeff Tipton knew exactly what to do when a gunman’s bullet Oct. 30 crashed through the windshield of their DNR truck at eye level, narrowly missing the
Deer wanton waste gets COs’ attention
Tower, Minn. – The actions of hunters sometimes bewilder the state’s conservation officers. Case in point: CO Dan Starr, of Tower, on Monday checked a group of hunters in northern Minnesota who’d harvested three bucks.
Commissioners split on Sunday hunt prospects
Harrisburg – There weren’t many people who turned out for the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s most recent meeting in Philadelphia, but Dave Laden was one of them.
‘Unstoppable’ movie crew members take time to fish
Port Matilda, Pa. – An entire 20-car train races down the railroad track at high speed while movie-camera-equipped helicopters chase the train at treetop level.
Crossbows boost archery stamp sales only slightly
Harrisburg – An often-repeated prediction by many who opposed the use of crossbows in the statewide archery deer-hunting season – that legions of new “bow” hunters would flood the woods – did not come true
Ohioans charged in W.Va. bear poaching probe
Summersville, W.Va. – A lengthy bear poaching investigation was brought to a conclusion Oct. 22 and Oct. 25, when West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) conservation officers and Wildlife Resources personnel apprehended a group
Wis. hunters report seeing 1 to 3 deer per outing
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wildlife officials say hunters are seeing between one to three deer per outing during the state’s early hunting seasons. The Department of Natural Resources used a preliminary count of deer
About 5 percent fewer deer being bagged in Minn.
Bemidji, Minn. (AP) – About 5 percent fewer deer are being harvested in Minnesota this season, a trend that some sporting-good retailers say is hurting them financially. A big reason for the decrease is stricter
