Fishing
Outlook favorable for hunters
By Tom Watts Correspondent Lansing – Small-game hunters can expect a pretty good season when the action begins in mid-September. Ruffed grouse populations are making their predictable 10-year cycle surge and probably will peak within
Expanded goose hunt won’t pass this year
By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – A proposal for 70 days of goose hunting in Ohio was rejected before it ever reached the state’s rule-making authorities. The DNR Division of Wildlife this summer devised a plan
Emerald shiner crunch a bit tighter this year
By Dave Golowenski Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio – Lake Erie perch jerkers likely will be scrambling for preferred bait in the weeks ahead. ‘The crunch is coming. It’s definitely coming,’ said A.J. Goehring, owner
Comments sought on Michigan’s wolf plan
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Michigan farmers could receive depredation permits to legally protect their livestock from wolves under a proposed wolf management plan, which was presented to the state Natural Resources Commission at
VHS has taken toll on St. Lawrence muskies
Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) – VHS is killing off muskellunge in the St. Lawrence River, scientists said earlier this month. Researchers caught more than 40 muskellunge during the spring spawning run in 2003 at the school’s
Oshkosh native Flanigan to shoot at DU Outdoor Games
By Dan HansenContributing Writer Oshkosh, Wis. – The ninth annual Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival, set for Aug. 24-26 at the EAA Convention grounds, continues its tradition of returning the most popular features from previous
2007-08 regs guide, license get new look
Staff report Albany – New York hunters and trappers will receive a revised and revamped 2007-08 regulations guide when they purchase their new licenses. They’ll also see a new-look hunting license as well. The licenses
Invasive algae present in N.Y.
Staff report Albany – An invasive algae found in the Batten Kill River in Washington County may actually have been present in the popular trout water as early as last year, DEC officials say. DEC
NRC likely to approve similar regs for 2007
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – The state Natural Resources Commission was expected to approve earlier this week waterfowl regulations for the upcoming fall season. The proposal presented to the commission for its approval called
