Fishing
Tourism officials rap Pa. law enforcement
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg —Officials with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission have long said that hunting and fishing bring a lot of people and money into the state.
Two bears in U.P. top 600 mark
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — The Upper Peninsula bear factory continues to produce huge, record-book black bears. At least two huge bruins were bagged this fall that each pushed the scale past 600
Big bucks are out there
By Steve Piatt Editor Rochester, N.Y. — As the Southern Tier regular deer season kicks off Nov. 19, it’s almost a sure thing that sometime, somewhere, a big buck will be bagged by a hunter.
Congress committee readies for dedicated funding effort
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — State legislators who hate messing with sales tax reallocation ideas better hide, because the Conservation Congress Alternate Funding Committee is going to be hunting for a bill sponsor for
Broome bear a big bow kill
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home
Broome bear a big bow kill
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home
Brookie mark unchanged
Staff report Ray Brook, N.Y. — New York’s state record brook trout didn’t climb to the 5-pound mark as some DEC officials anticipated this fall. But, says one DEC fisheries biologist, that doesn’t mean 5-pound
CWD checks top 800
By Steve Piatt Editor Rome, N.Y. — DEC officials are pleased with the cooperation of successful deer hunters who have been taking their whitetails to a mandatory CWD testing facility within the established containment area.
Scientists say CWD may be here already
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — The big question about chronic wasting disease is no longer if it will show up in Pennsylvania, but rather when and where, according to scientists who say
