Fishing
DNR walleye net catches increase on Mille Lacs
Aitkin, Minn. – While many anglers considered the fishing at Lake Mille Lacs this season to be poor, there are encouraging signs on the horizon. Annual near-shore fall netting turned up 9.8 walleyes per net
Crossbows get 1st OK for bow season
Washington, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s archery season is one step closer to having an all-new look. Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval to a proposal that would allow hunters to use crossbows in virtually every big-game hunting
Expect deer season similar to last year
Madison – Once the final bell sounds on this season’s gun and archery deer hunts, the combined harvest total should fall somewhere between 475,00 and 515,000 deer. Maybe even as high as 520,000 deer, according
MCEA files suit on new ballast discharge rules
St. Paul – The state’s new regulations on ballast water aren’t sufficient to protect Lake Superior from invasive species, according to an appeal filed last week with the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The Minnesota Center
Frank asks hunters to quit baiting
Madison – The DNR can’t make Wisconsin deer hunters forego bait this fall, but with bovine tuberculosis now in Michigan and Minnesota, CWD in Michigan and Illinois, and CWD-positive deer found on another Portage County
Study could shorten wait for bobcat tag
Ashland, Wis. – For bobcat hunters and trappers, this is the golden age. The past five seasons featured the top five harvests since 1980, including a record 497 bobcats in 2005 and a second best
Dedicated funding’s final test is Nov. 4
St. Paul – The culmination of more than a decade of work by legislators and conservation groups to make “dedicated funding” part of the state constitution comes Tuesday, when voters decide the fate of a
Man charged for causing Ham Lake fire last year
Minneapolis (AP) – A camper from Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges of causing a wildfire that blackened nearly 120 square miles of forest in northeast Minnesota and Canada, federal prosecutors announced last week.
Enforcement captain fired; she says retired
St. Paul – There’s more fallout in the wake of a law enforcement conference that’s sparked two investigations and led to the retirement of the DNR’s chief conservation officer. The DNR announced last week it
