Fishing
Lawmakers clear: ‘Want more deer’
Harrisburg – If a wild animal wanders through Penn’s Woods, but doesn’t have antlers and/or a white tail, does it matter? Philosophers can forget debating that one. State lawmakers have already answered the question. Though
PGC: Gobbler hunt outlook good
Harrisburg – The upcoming gobbler season April 26 to May 26 should provide excellent hunting opportunities for the nearly quarter million hunters who are preparing to participate, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. New this
DNR: The turkey tag system will change
Madison – The fact that the DNR eventually sold almost 20,000 bonus turkey tags on that fateful day of Friday, March 28, is little consolation for the thousands of sportsmen who stood in line and
NRB debates hunting on Ice Age Trail land
Madison – The Legislature’s renewal of the Stewardship Fund has generated controversy about whether all the land it helped purchase should be open for hunting. That issue arose during talks about the management plan for
Anglers making seasonal fishing transition in state
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Anglers continued to fish through the ice in many areas of northern Minnesota much of the week while enjoying warmer temperatures and summer-like breezes. Even though the shorelines are pulling away,
Lawmakers consider funding council
St. Paul – The idea has yet to gain traction in the House, but a citizen-legislator council to advise lawmakers on spending for fish and wildlife habitat still is making headway in the Senate. The
No special deer season slated for the northwest
Bemidji, Minn. – Efforts of local landowners, federal sharpshooters, and contracted marksmen who shot deer from a helicopter have taken enough deer that the state officials have called off a possible four-day special deer season
VHS concerns are demise of state’s ‘walleye wagons’
Madison – State conservation groups that have bolstered natural walleye spawning efforts each spring through their operation of lake-side “walleye wagons” will have to find a different way to make a conservation contribution this spring.
