Fishing
Reckless boaters pushing fishermen off Wolf River
Dan Hansen Contributing Writer Fremont, Wis. – The annual walleye and white bass spawning runs have, for decades, drawn thousands of anglers to the Wolf River. However, many veteran Wolf River anglers now stay away
Pheasant opener factors: corn, cold
Slayton, Minn. – For those hunters who stepped into the frosty morning that was the 2009 pheasant hunting opener, it seemed more like late November than mid-October; snow fell over most of southern Minnesota the
Montana closes wolf hunting near Yellowstone
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Montana wildlife commissioners on Tuesday shut down wolf hunting adjacent to Yellowstone National Park after nine of the predators were killed there in recent weeks, but kept the statewide wolf harvest
Devils Lake, N.D. walleye hatch sets record
Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says rising water in Devils Lake has helped produce the largest natural walleye hatch that fisheries crews have ever documented. Randy Hiltner, the
Maine man 3rd to be hurt while duck-hunting
Mapleton, Maine (AP) – A Maine hunter has been hit with bird shot while duck hunting, the third incident in which a hunter was struck since Oct. 1. The Maine Warden Service says a Mapleton
200th bighorn shot in Badlands
Valley City, N.D. (AP) – State wildlife officials say a Valley City man bagged the 200th bighorn sheep in the North Dakota badlands. Jerad Enger shot the ram on Saturday south of Medora. Game and
Pheasants are down, but hunters are coming to N.D.
Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Hunters and the businesses that cater to them in southwest North Dakota say pheasants can be found, but hunters are having to look a little harder this year. The North Dakota
Winning waterfowl, pheasant stamp artists named in WI
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Artists from Ladysmith and Campbellsport have won Wisconsin hunting stamp contests with their paintings of wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources says Craig Fairbert’s depiction of a wood duck pair won
Wolf quota could change after 9 shot near Yellowstone
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Montana are weighing changes to the state’s inaugural wolf hunt after hunters killed nine of the predators in three weeks just outside Yellowstone National Park. More than 1,300
