Fishing
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,”
Early deer kill down 23K from a year ago
St. Paul – Deer hunters killed nearly 23,000 fewer deer through the second Monday of this year’s season than they did last year, according to preliminary harvest figures from the DNR. Hunters killed 145,483 deer
PF&BC learning more about its customers
Harrisburg – American businesses have taken great pains to learn who their customers are and everything they can about them, but it’s still somewhat rare for government agencies to do that. But taking a page
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
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
Lake Winnibigoshish scaup die-off decreases this year
Bemidji, Minn. – Fewer bluebills died as a result of eating an invasive snail – and thus ingesting a deadly intestinal parasite – than last year while staging on Lake Winnibigoshish. That’s the good news.
