Fishing
USFWS unveils its revised refuge plan
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor La Crosse, Wis. — After nearly four years of planning, public meetings (46 of them), revisions, and review of more than 3,200 comments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on
Fall deer estimate: 1.5 to 1.6 million whitetails
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — If deer hunters are wondering how the DNR’s 2006 pre-hunt deer population could be estimated at 1.5 to 1.6 million animals, all they have to do is look back
Rifle bills may be dead for this year
Staff report Albany – Legislation that would allow hunters to use rifles for deer and bear in Chautauqua, Steuben, Yates and Chemung counties is stalled in the state Assembly. And there’s no guarantee the Assembly
Governor candidates speak to gun beliefs
By Bob Hecker Contributing Writer Columbus — Proponents of gun-ownership rights in Ohio can feel confident that the state’s next governor likely will be on their side. The two major-party gubernatorial candidates in the Nov.
Continental duck counts show increase over ’05
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Minneapolis — The number of breeding mallards in Michigan declined this year, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of mallards on prairie
Taft doesn’t endorse commerical buyouts
By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio — The state’s three-year Lake Erie yellow perch racketeering investigation “raises serious questions about the future of commercial fishing on the lake,” Gov. Bob Taft said here
U.P. one-buck limit is shot down by NRC
By Bill Parker Editor Big Rapids, Mich. — By a split 3-3 vote, a proposal to limit the buck harvest in the Upper Peninsula failed to gain approval of the state Natural Resources Commission at
DNR crossing fingers on turkey hatch
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer Athens, Ohio — With fingers crossed and a breathed sigh of relief, Ohio’s forest game biologists are hopeful about this year’s wild turkey hatch. It wasn’t that way just
VHS virus confirmed in Lake St. Clair fish
DNR Report Mount Clemens, Mich. — The DNR has confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a virus that causes disease in fish but does not pose any threat to public health, is present in several
