Fishing
Spring turkey permits, special hunts applications available online
The 2009 spring turkey season runs April 8-May 31, and hunters across the state are already making preparations. Turkey permits allow hunters to use a shotgun, crossbow, or bow throughout the regular season. Archery-only and
Ask Fish And Game: Archery Permits
Question: My friend says that when I buy an archery permit, I can hunt only in the archery portion of deer or elk hunts. Is this true? Answer: No. An archery permit is required to
New Mexico bill would end killing of wildlife on private land
Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) — When a Cimarron area rancher last year killed more than three dozen pronghorn antelope that had been chowing down on his winter-wheat fields, he was acting within the law. Now,
DNR environmental education program awards $3,800 grant to help launch outdoor classroom
The Minnesota affiliate of National Project Learning Tree (PLT), an international environmental education program, announced a $3,800 grant award to an organization that will launch an outdoor classroom program at an Apple Valley school. The
Use your state tax form to benefit wildlife in northwestern Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges Minnesota taxpayers to remember to help loons, eagles, swans, and other wildlife by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Fund. All you do is write in the amount
LOHC reviews huge forest proposal
St. Paul – A proposal unveiled Monday to the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council would protect in perpetuity more than 187,000 acres of forests and wetlands in northern Minnesota. The catch: It would consume more than
Trophy scoring groups study falsified record book bucks
Circleville, Ohio – A hunter who pleaded guilty to falsely tagging a 200-class buck admitted to making a false statement about yet another high-fence trophy deer harvested in Licking County in 2006. Rob McCarley, 47,
NWTF gets elk tag: Hard feelings erupt
Harrisburg – When the Pennsylvania Game Commission awarded the state’s first-ever “Governor’s Tag” – an elk license to be auctioned off to the highest bidder – to the National Wild Turkey Federation, it was heralded
Rewards set for deer in a study
Harrisburg – Any deer hunter would say it’s rewarding to shoot a whitetail. This year, though, that will be more true than ever for some. The reason? Some whitetails in the woods this fall will
