Fishing
In-season damage permits are history
By Mike MooreEditor Athens, Ohio – The DNR Division of Wildlife will no longer issue in-season damage permits for landowners who are experiencing crop damage related to deer. Damage permits will still be available outside
Feds react to tribal duck-hunting request
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Odanah, Wis. – Last year about this time, state waterfowl managers in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were reacting to a proposal by tribes under the Great Lakes Indian Fish and
Summit set to renew efforts for sportsmen
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Albany – Leaders of the state’s four biggest conservation groups will meet in September as they continue the summit on sporting issues they began last year. This time, though, they hope
License fee hike a hot topic
By Steve PiattEditor Pompey, N.Y. – A hunting license fee hike may not be on the horizon, but it may be the best way to help bring the cash-strapped Conservation Fund back in the black.
Expanded goose hunt won’t pass this year
By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – A proposal for 70 days of goose hunting in Ohio was rejected before it ever reached the state’s rule-making authorities. The DNR Division of Wildlife this summer devised a plan
Emerald shiner crunch a bit tighter this year
By Dave Golowenski Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio – Lake Erie perch jerkers likely will be scrambling for preferred bait in the weeks ahead. ‘The crunch is coming. It’s definitely coming,’ said A.J. Goehring, owner
Sportsmen numbers down even as public support up
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – When biologists, conservationists, hunters and others gather at a special session of the North American Wildlife Conference next March, they’re going to talk about the future of hunting.
Sportsman’s gift could be largest in history
DNR will use money to buy 5,000 acres By Steve PollickContributing Writer Powell, Ohio – Wally O’Dowd was a globe-trotting hunter and angler from central Ohio, a conservationist who saw every continent except Antarctica, but
