Fishing
Proposed landowner permit for deer and turkey spawns debate
Columbus – A proposed landowner permit for hunting deer and wild turkey is gaining some heated discussion between officials from the DNR Division of Wildlife and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The Division of Wildlife
Trout-turkey youth snafu angers many
Harrisburg – Although they’re clamoring to get youths into the great outdoors, Pennsylvania fish and game officials put families in a double-bind this year. The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission scheduled opening day of trout
Minnesota’s anglers are aging
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – More Minnesotans are fishing today than in 2000. The problem is, those anglers are growing older. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials, who rely on license revenues to run the
LOHC would become OHC under Kahn bill
St. Paul – An amendment to a bill approved last week by a House committee would remove former state Sen. Bob Lessard’s name from the council that bears it. The measure is part of a
PF&BC still trying to learn why stocked trout move
Potters Mills, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s trout season is just under way, but crews from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission have been busy “fishing” for recently stocked trout since mid-March. They stocked the trout, so
Fishing tournament honors dead Kansas guardsmen
Topeka, Kan. (AP) – Anglers will be headed to Coffey County Lake to honor the memory of Kansas National Guard members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fifth annual Veteran’s Memorial Bass Tournament is set
Bills intended to strengthen Montana hunting
Helena, Mont. (AP) – A dozen or so bills passed by the 2009 Montana Legislature make it easier for people to go hunting. The sport has been in decline nationally, but appears to be holding
Muzzleloader will shift to early January
Columbus – Following a couple of months of deliberation, the Ohio Wildlife Council voted on April 1 to move the statewide muzzleloader season for deer from late December to early January. The 2010 dates are
DNR updating plans for elk management
Greenbush, Minn. – The DNR told landowners in the northwest part of the state it will update its elk management plan by this fall – and laid out its plans for doing so – at
