Fishing
Minn. lawmakers mulls lead bullet ban
Moorehead, Minn. (AP) _ Beth Siverhus has hunted deer since 1976, and for the first time next year she plans to use copper-coated bullets instead of lead. That’s because the Warroad woman also spends time
MFL landowners get new accreditation
Madison – Dec. 16 was an important date for Wisconsin’s woodland owners enrolled in the Managed Forest Law. On that day, the SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance awarded Forest Stewardship Council accreditation to more
With dedicated funding in the bag, what now?
St. Paul – For the past 10 years, the most dominant outdoors-related theme at the Legislature has been dedicated funding for natural resources. While outdoors proponents worked on other issues, too – funding for wildlife
Charges dropped in shooting of black bear
Coshocton, Ohio – Just hours before it was scheduled for a jury trial, prosecutors dismissed the case against a Coshocton County man charged with killing an endangered black bear. But, the defendant will still pay
Battle looming on Sunday hunting
Harrisburg – The appointment of a Sunday-hunting opponent as chairman of the Senate’s Game and Fisheries Committee has thrown a monkey wrench into efforts to eliminate the state’s last remaining Blue Law. Senator-elect Richard Alloway,
220-incher falls to suburban Franklin County bowhunter
Circleville, Ohio – Rob McCarley is no stranger to seeing – and ultimately shooting – big deer in Ohio’s woods. But the buck the Circleville farmer scored on Dec. 8 was not just another big
Deer hunt ends with fatality in Beaver
Pittsburgh – Tragedy marred the final day of firearms deer season with the shooting death of a Beaver County hunter who was standing next to his 9-year-old son. Duane Smith, 35, of Frankfort Springs, was
Falconry: An ancient art still done in state
Port Matilda, Pa. – The pigeon fluttered his wings and, from a half-mile away, the slight motion caught the migrating hawk’s attention. The hawk turned his head, adjusted his wings, and began to descend toward
