Fishing
Agency: Cougar attack was hoax
Lancaster, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Game Commission says a Lancaster County man lied when he reported shooting one cougar and being attacked by another near his farm Oct. 9. In a news release issued Oct.
Voters head to the polls
St. Paul – After nearly a decade of debate, voters on_Tuesday held the fate of a constitutional amendment to dedicate funding for natural resources in their hands. In addition to the amendment, voters also were
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
Coal dock, new ramp at odds on Ohio River
Racine, Ohio – Plans by a subsidiary of Gatling Ohio to build a coal loading dock and barge mooring on the Ohio River in Meigs County have run headlong into opposition from the DNR Division
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
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.
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
