Fishing
Wanted dead: Wild turkeys in suburban NY county
Melville, N.Y. (AP) – Wanna shoot some wild turkeys? Then head out to Long Island this fall for Suffolk County’s first-ever wild turkey hunting season – taking place just in time for Thanksgiving. State officials
Hackney wins Cup; Pa.’s Lefebre is 8th
Pittsburgh – The number nine brought Greg Hackney $500,000 worth of luck in Pittsburgh Aug. 1 when he won the most coveted crown in bass fishing.
As baiting begins, bear food beginning to bloom
Joe Albert Associate Editor Tower, Minn. – Just as bear hunters can begin setting out bait for them, bruin-related nuisance complaints are decreasing across much of the state. While natural food growth this year is
PGC seeking volunteers for citizen advisory deer groups
Harrisburg – The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission is calling for nominations of citizens willing to participate in one of three citizen advisory committees to help gather input related to the agency’s deer-management goal of reducing deer-human
DNR: Ohio bow hunt compares favorably with neighbor states
Archery hunting for deer is an eagerly awaited sport in Ohio these days, and with a fast growing deer herd, success rates are sure to be high. This year, bow and crossbow hunters will have
Unified prez exposes PGC fawn-killing policy
Lancaster, Pa. – The president of Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania is crying foul over the in-tentional killing of white-tailed fawns each year by state Game Commission conservation officers.
DNR: Pheasant, duck, grouse hunter success mixed in 2008
St. Paul – While the harvest fell by more than 130,000 birds from the previous year, pheasant hunters in 2008 killed more than 500,000 roosters, the fifth time in six years harvest exceeded half a
Crappie rules may expand to 38 more Ohio lakes
Columbus – A minimum keeper length requirement for crappies in six Ohio lakes has been so successful that the program could be expanded six-fold by next year. A proposal on the table now could add
Property owners oppose new access on northeastern lake
Duluth, Minn. – The state DNR has had opposition to new lake accesses in the past, but this might be the first time residents of a lake have banded together to block an access on
