Fishing
Senate Ag Committee OKs federal Farm Bill
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — The Senate Ag Committee late last month passed a federal Farm Bill, paving the way for the far-reaching bill to be heard on the Senate floor. Conservation leaders
A good start for state deer hunt
St. Paul — After the first three days of the firearms deer season, hunters appear to be on their way to a quarter million-animal harvest. Through Monday, hunters had electronically registered about 91,200 deer, which
President vetoes bill with Asian carp barrier funding
Washington — ‘Too much pork,’ president says; override promised. A federal bill to improve the nation’s waterways infrastructure took a hit last week when President Bush vetoed the measure, the House version of which is
Elbow Lake man killed during ’07 deer opener
Camp Ripley, Minn. — A 60-year-old Elbow Lake man died of a gunshot wound on Minnesota’s Nov. 3 deer-hunting opener this year. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Craig Rupp, who was a Grant
Miami County officer resigns amid probe
By Frank HincheyContributing Writer Xenia, Ohio — A DNR Division of Wildlife law enforcement officer assigned to Miami County resigned Oct. 25 amid a state and federal criminal investigation of a baited mourning dove field.
EHD episode hoped to be over by gun opener
By Mike MooreEditor Athens, Ohio — Ohio deer hunters are not out of the woods just yet in terms of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease epidemic that has swept through the Midwest this summer and now
National port-security law could affect fishing guides
St. Paul – Some of the state’s fishing guides could be affected by a rule meant to boost security at the nation’s ports. Under legislation Congress passed last year, anyone with a Coast Guard-issued license
