Fishing
Decker offers views on trophy whitetails
Eau Claire, Wis. – It wasn’t a story with twists and turns and drama. In fact, Bob Decker says, it was “kind of a boring hunting story.” But at the end of the story that
Bobcat summit yields a new season proposal
Stevens Point, Wis. – Frustration hung thick in Ed Harvey’s voice. Like everyone in attendance at a public meeting about bobcat management Nov. 14, the president of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress was hoping to break
Early muzzleloader take doubles from 2007 hunt
DNR Report Athens, Ohio – Muzzleloader hunters took 568 deer during the weeklong, October early muzzleloader deer hunt, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Hunters took 315 deer at Salt Fork Wildlife Area, 162
Early deer kill down 23K from a year ago
St. Paul – Deer hunters killed nearly 23,000 fewer deer through the second Monday of this year’s season than they did last year, according to preliminary harvest figures from the DNR. Hunters killed 145,483 deer
PF&BC learning more about its customers
Harrisburg – American businesses have taken great pains to learn who their customers are and everything they can about them, but it’s still somewhat rare for government agencies to do that. But taking a page
Rifle-shot buck gets charges in two states
DNR, Staff Reports Ashland, Ohio – A West Salem man shot a trophy buck this fall in Ohio, transported it to West Virginia where he checked it in as an archery kill, and then learned
New study to show if recruiting is working
Harrisburg – A recruitment push that would make the military proud in its dedication and urgency has been ramping up across America over the last few years. But is it working? That’s the question a
Fur prices expected to begin at level of last year’s closing sale
Wooster, Ohio – Even with a further world economy meltdown excepted, fur prices look to be in pretty decent shape in time for the opening of Ohio’s hunting and trapping seasons. A weak U.S. dollar
Trumpeters taking a hit along Lake Erie
Oak Harbor, Ohio – One of the staples of the early morning talks that Pat Baranowski gives to waterfowl hunters at Magee Marsh is proper bird identification. “No skybusting, and please don’t shoot a swan,”
