Fishing
Culling of cormorants kicks off, again, on Leech Lake
Walker, Minn. – The walleye fishing on Leech Lake may have improved dramatically in recent years, but the operation to cull double-crested cormorants from the lake continues. Shooters from USDA Wildlife Services began removing birds
ODNR, Division of Wildlife invites anglers to take a new online angler survey
Columbus, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites anglers to visit www.ohiodnr.com/creel to take a new online angler survey. The online survey consists of 19 questions asking anglers to
Researchers study elk migration, survival
Crandall, Wyo. (AP) – Researchers studying elk in the Yellowstone National Park area want to expand knowledge about the influences of habitat, climate and predators on elk migration, reproduction and survival. Even before its completion
Montana Commission to consider wolf quotas
Helena, Mont. (AP) – The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday to set a tentative quota for Montana’s 2009 wolf hunting season. The options range from 26 to 207, based
NC Senate panel derails Sunday hunting proposal
Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina’s 140-year-old ban on hunting with guns on Sundays appears safe for another year or two. A Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday debated repealing the Sunday hunting ban, which the
NV deer herds down; other species doing well
Reno, Nev. (AP) – Elk, antelope and bighorn sheep are quite at home on the Nevada range, while deer populations continue to struggle because of habitat loss and drought, according to a new report by
Elk Foundation marks 25th year
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – The view out the window of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation keeps changing. Twenty-five years ago, it was a pine forest out back of Bob Munson’s trailer home/real estate office in
GFP: 176K hunters baged 1.9M pheasants in 2008
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Department has released survey results from the last hunting season. It shows that more than 176,000 resident and nonresident hunters went after pheasants in
WVa hunter clinches turkey slam
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Chris Walls had done most everything a turkey hunter could hope to do. He’d won calling championships. He’d traveled to other states to hunt. He’d called gobblers in for others. About
