Fishing
North Dakota deer lottery held
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s deer license lottery had 94,000 applicants, tying the record set in each of the last two years. The first lottery application process is for the deer gun, muzzleloader, youth
Wisconsin mink production dips but still leads nation
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s mink production has dipped slightly, but the state still leads the nation easily in that category. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin produced 910,000 mink pelts in 2008, down
Wisconsin attorney general to appeal deer-snowmobile incident decision
Madison, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will appeal judges’ decisions to drop animal cruelty charges against two men accused of running down deer with snowmobiles last January, killing four of
Negotiations for Lake Vermilion state park at ‘impasse’
St. Paul – Two years ago, everything seemed in line for the shores of Lake Vermilion to be the home of Minnesota’s newest state park. Legislative approval in 2008 of $20 million in bonding money
Festival to honor life of Tony Dean
Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean
DNAP_plans 32 permitted deer hunts
Columbus – While filling out your applications for Ohio’s special deer hunts – known as controlled hunts in the Ohio Division of Wildlife parlance – don’t overlook additional opportunities being offered at 26 state nature
State to hunt pythons in South Florida
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s governor is asking wildlife officials to begin trapping pythons, the same way the state handles nuisance alligators. The program will be carried out by qualified herpetologists who volunteer. The Burmese
If it was a bullhead, it was a new state record
Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Was it or wasn’t it?
State animal selection winding down
Columbus – Ohio adopted the Cardinal as its state bird in 1933. The white-tailed deer became the state animal in 1988. The list of state symbols goes on, including a state tree, state flower, and
