Fishing
Sage grouse season remains closed in ND
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s sage grouse hunting season will be closed for a second straight year because of low counts during a spring survey. The state Game and Fish Department says a record-low
South Dakota pheasant brood count under way
Sioux FallsS, S.D. (AP) _ There’s no shortage of interest in South Dakota’s most popular bird count. Staff in Game, Fish and Parks Department offices are eager to volunteer, and hunters looking forward to October
N. Ind. city allowing goose hunting on golf course
Rochester, Ind. (AP) – A northern Indiana city is allowing goose hunting on a golf course where a large flock has been causing damage. Round Barn Golf Club in Rochester asked the City Council to
Ind. hunter ed courses set for Lafayette
Lafayette, Ind. (AP) – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will conduct hunter education classes in the Lafayette area beginning in September. The 10-hour course covers firearm safety, wildlife conservation, game care, survival, first aid
ND pantries to resume giving venison to needy
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy will resume accepting deer that have been killed with lead bullets. The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers the Sportsmen
Southeast Neb. fish kill blamed on fertilizer
Hebron, Neb. (AP) – Authorities suspect anhydrous ammonia killed thousands of fish in a stretch of southeast Nebraska’s Little Blue River. Thayer County Sheriff David Lee reports several calls about the fish, which were spotted
Goose bag limit jump unlikely after flyway meeting
Bemidji, Minn. – A proposal by the DNR to simplify Canada goose regulations and increase the daily bag limit across much of the state has run into a roadblock called the Mississippi Flyway Council. During
Hunt supporters back feds in wolf lawsuit
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Supporters of proposed public hunts of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are intervening in a federal court case brought by environmentalists who want to stop the hunts. The federal government
Parks funding cut out of state budget
Dayton, Ohio (AP) Dayton, Ohio (AP) – The state budget provided little help to the agency that runs Ohio’s parks and wildlife programs, currently facing a half-billion-dollar maintenance backlog. About the best news for the
