Fishing
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
USFWS explains scaup, can decisions
Bemidji, Minn. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in a letter the Minnesota DNR received early this month, has responded to the state agency’s concerns about bluebill and canvasback seasons in place this fall.
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
No charges related to ’07 Enforcement conference
St. Paul – After reviewing a report from the state Legislative Auditor and an internal report from the DNR, the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office has decided not to file charges related to a conservation officer
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,”
Game farmer is not guilty of hog release
Prairie du Chien, Wis. – Robert Scott Johnson, the 55-year-old former game farm owner accused of illegally releasing feral hogs in Crawford County in 2002, was found not guilty of the offense at a trial
Sixteen-point buck a potential world record
Mondovi, Wis. – An Eau Claire bowhunter harvested a white-tailed buck Nov. 1 in Buffalo County that is garnering national attention as a potential world record. In what is unfolding as something of a storybook
Hunters brave cold, windy ‘average’ firearms opener
Duluth, Minn. – Wind and cold over the weekend made it tough for some people to spend a lot of time in the field, but deer hunters seem to be off to a good start
