Fishing
In report, group calls for stepping up AMA efforts
St. Paul – In a 2002 report to the DNR, a citizens group said Minnesota should accelerate its protection of wildlife habitat and public access by stepping up its acquisition of state wildlife management areas.
New live bait rule: ‘too much justice?’
Madison – Long-time Eagle River guide and sport shop owner George Langley says the new rule requiring anglers to kill all unused bait before leaving any water body statewide is a case of hitting a
Gun deer license sales below 4-year average
Madison – DNR officials are hoping that a slight drop in license sales this gun deer season is just a one-year blip and not the start of a downhill slide. DNR Deer Ecologist Keith Warnke
Top U.S. court will decide challenge to D.C. gun ban
Washington (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court said it will decide whether the city of Washington can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to “keep and
Bear kill just shy of harvest goal
Madison – Preliminary totals indicate that the 2007 Wisconsin black bear harvest came within 73 animals of reaching the goal of 2,650 bears set by the DNR. Hunters statewide enjoyed a 58 percent success rate
Fish house changes greet winter anglers
Little Falls, Minn. – Several rule changes have been made for the upcoming ice-fishing season that anglers should understand. With ice starting to form, DNR officials are scrambling to get the word out about the
Opening weekend deer kill increases
Madison – In what were mixed but generally good hunting conditions across the state, hunters registered a preliminary tally of 171,584 deer during the first two days of the 2007 gun deer-hunting season. This compares
DNR on deer firearms hunt: not a bad year
St. Paul – Records won’t fall, but deer hunters are on pace for another high harvest. Firearms hunters so far are about 3 percent off last year’s total (183,000 this year compared with 189,000 last
