Fishing
Dedicated funding’s final test is Nov. 4
St. Paul – The culmination of more than a decade of work by legislators and conservation groups to make “dedicated funding” part of the state constitution comes Tuesday, when voters decide the fate of a
Man charged for causing Ham Lake fire last year
Minneapolis (AP) – A camper from Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges of causing a wildfire that blackened nearly 120 square miles of forest in northeast Minnesota and Canada, federal prosecutors announced last week.
Expect deer season similar to last year
Madison – Once the final bell sounds on this season’s gun and archery deer hunts, the combined harvest total should fall somewhere between 475,00 and 515,000 deer. Maybe even as high as 520,000 deer, according
Frank asks hunters to quit baiting
Madison – The DNR can’t make Wisconsin deer hunters forego bait this fall, but with bovine tuberculosis now in Michigan and Minnesota, CWD in Michigan and Illinois, and CWD-positive deer found on another Portage County
Study could shorten wait for bobcat tag
Ashland, Wis. – For bobcat hunters and trappers, this is the golden age. The past five seasons featured the top five harvests since 1980, including a record 497 bobcats in 2005 and a second best
Enforcement captain fired; she says retired
St. Paul – There’s more fallout in the wake of a law enforcement conference that’s sparked two investigations and led to the retirement of the DNR’s chief conservation officer. The DNR announced last week it
Duck hunters get 60 days, three woodies
DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – While breeding surveys of waterfowl proved to be about average this year, the hope is that Ohio’s duck hunting season is a bit above. The spring pond index for the
Trout troubles
PF&BC will be short fish in ’09 Harrisburg – Fish & Boat Commissioners knew the agency was going to be short some trout next year, thanks to construction-induced cutbacks in production at their Reynoldsdale hatchery.
Hunters kill 111 moose during bulls-only season
Tower, Minn. – Hunters killed 111 bull moose during the season that ended Sunday, a decrease of four animals from last year. The season, held in permit areas in the northeastern part of the state,
