Fishing
Archers get first crack at state’s deer herd
St. Paul – The longest deer season kicks off Saturday, when bowhunters hit the woods. DNR officials expect nearly 100,000 of them to hunt during the season and, if this year is like those in
DNR ‘secretary bill’ set for Assembly floor
Madison – Two bills that would return the authority to appoint the secretary of the DNR to the Natural Resources Board moved one step forward the first week in September. Assembly Bill 138, authored by
Cautious optimism heading into grouse season
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Spring drumming counts that were up 117 percent in the northwest, 44 percent in the northeast, and 43 percent across the state, suggested it could be a good fall for grouse
NRB takes a look at 16-day gun hunt ideas
Madison – Between now and Dec. 9, Natural Resources Board members want public input on some sort of a deer season framework, possibly based on a 16-day November gun hunt that could take the place
Facebook leads Wis. wardens to alleged poachers
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wardens used a Facebook video to track down two alleged poachers. Wardens got a tip late last year that a video entitled “Hunting … Muktown style” was on Facebook. State
Alaska: Wolf, bear hunts increasing moose, caribou
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state
S.D. TIPs program yields 170 arrests in past year
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Authorities made 170 arrests for hunting and fishing violations in the past year because of information provided through a tip line. The Turn In Poachers program administered by the Game,
N.D. park gets more than 11,000 comments on elk plan
Medora, N.D. (AP) – The superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park says park officials have received more than 11,000 comments on a proposal to thin the park’s elk herd by using teams of shooters, including
Court backs conviction on illegal guiding charges
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – The state Office of Special Prosecutions says a man convicted of illegally guiding a hunting party in 2006 has been resentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay $7,000 in
