Fishing
Early muzzleloader take doubles from 2007 hunt
DNR Report Athens, Ohio – Muzzleloader hunters took 568 deer during the weeklong, October early muzzleloader deer hunt, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Hunters took 315 deer at Salt Fork Wildlife Area, 162
Early deer kill down 23K from a year ago
St. Paul – Deer hunters killed nearly 23,000 fewer deer through the second Monday of this year’s season than they did last year, according to preliminary harvest figures from the DNR. Hunters killed 145,483 deer
Sixteen-point buck a potential world record
Mondovi, Wis. – An Eau Claire bowhunter harvested a white-tailed buck Nov. 1 in Buffalo County that is garnering national attention as a potential world record. In what is unfolding as something of a storybook
Hunters brave cold, windy ‘average’ firearms opener
Duluth, Minn. – Wind and cold over the weekend made it tough for some people to spend a lot of time in the field, but deer hunters seem to be off to a good start
Lake Winnibigoshish scaup die-off decreases this year
Bemidji, Minn. – Fewer bluebills died as a result of eating an invasive snail – and thus ingesting a deadly intestinal parasite – than last year while staging on Lake Winnibigoshish. That’s the good news.
DNR to deer hunters: Don’t shoot a wolf
Madison – If deer hunters shoot a wolf this fall, the “mistaken identity” excuse won’t get them out of trouble. Last fall, DNR Conservation Warden David Youngquist, of Iowa County, encountered two cases of hunters
Game farmer is not guilty of hog release
Prairie du Chien, Wis. – Robert Scott Johnson, the 55-year-old former game farm owner accused of illegally releasing feral hogs in Crawford County in 2002, was found not guilty of the offense at a trial
Officials consider four-fish limit for Upper Red
Bemidji, Minn. – DNR officials continue to be impressed with the progress of walleyes in northern Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake – so much so, in fact, that the department is considering an increase to a
Fishing license sales slow with economy
Columbus – Poor weather and a sluggish economy are being blamed for a 3.19 percent drop in Ohio fishing license sales. The net result is a $403,945 shortfall in income for the DNR Division of
