Fishing
Crossbow issue is coming to a head
Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in
Insurance group notes a sharp decline in the state’s deer herd
State College, Pa. – Pennsylvania sportsmen don’t need an insurance company to tell them there are fewer deer in the state than there were six years or so ago, but they may be interested to
Kansas is Hunter’s Heaven for Winter Waterfowl
Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards
Bison make a new home on the range – in Utah
Anetlope Island, Utah (AP) — For the first time in nearly 70 years, Utah has a new free-roaming bison herd. Officials in the U.S. state this week are taking the final steps toward restoring bison
Trappers question sending pine martens to Wisconsin
Bruno, Minn. – A decision by the DNR to allow Wisconsin biologists to trap and relocate pine martens from Minnesota to the Badger State touched off a number of questions from the state’s trappers. The
Reelfoot Lake State Park Is Site For First TWRC Meeting of 2009
Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will hold its first meeting of 2009 on Wednesday-Thursday, Jan. 21-22, at Reelfoot Lake State Park near Tiptonville. It marks the second consecutive year that the TWRC’s January
Roundtable deer boosters: more bigger bucks wanted
Brooklyn Center, Minn. – Just a year ago, much of the conversation regarding the state of deer management in Minnesota centered on simplification, so much so that some of a task force’s recommendations became part
Minnesota man says he’ll move his crocodile out of town
Fergus Falls, Minn. (AP) — A Fergus Falls man says his pet crocodile, Billy, isn’t dangerous, but he’ll comply with a police order to move the 3-foot reptile out of town. Thirty-seven-year-old Marvin Weinrich Jr.
Economic stimulus via conservation? Why not?
Washington – As long as the federal government is considering a job-creation “stimulus package” that’s nearing $1 trillion (the actual latest rumored amount was about $750 billion), why not give conservation a boost via the
