Fishing
Another year for 60-day duck hunting
DNR, Staff Reports Editor Columbus – As predicted, Ohio waterfowl hunters again will be able to enjoy a 60-day duck hunting season and a six-duck bag limit this year, according to the DNR Division of
PGC finally to offer hunting land maps
Harrisburg – A huge, if unintentionally-secret, Pennsylvania Game Commission program may finally be coming to light. For the better part of seven decades, the commission has been convincing farmers, foresters, and other private landowners to
Pheasant numbers decline 24 percent from last year
Madelia, Minn. – Cool, wet spring weather, combined with a net loss of grassland habitat in the state’s pheasant range, likely led to a 24-percent drop in the number of pheasants in the state. While
Campaign mounts for Sunday hunting
Harrisburg – The Governor’s Advisory Council on Hunting, Fishing and Conservation has kicked off an educational campaign about the benefits of allowing hunting on Sundays in the state. The effort is in support of a
Stewardship group considers access
Madison – Shepherding the new committee for the new Stewardship Access Rule may be a little like “herding cats” because of the diverse and strong interests represented, but if the group comes to a consensus,
Scaup saga not over yet
Bemidji, Minn. – It’s not over until … well, the fat lady might be cuing up for sometime in mid-September. The DNR has continued this year’s letter-writing campaign to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Eagle permit system may be a year away
Washington – Now that bald eagles no longer are a federally protected bird under the Endangered Species Act, rules regarding human activities that affect the species might be relaxed, right? Not so fast. As it
South Dakota pheasant counts increase again
Pierre, S.D. – Despite the loss of a quarter-million acres of CRP in 2007, the results of pheasant brood counts in South Dakota show a pheasant crop that’s the largest in 45 years. Statewide surveys
