Fishing
Elk shooting may be linked to crime spree
By Carol Mulvihill Contributing Writer Benezette, Pa. — The illegal shooting of an elk along Gray Hill Road in Jay Township, Elk County, last month may be linked to a bizarre 32-hour spree of shootings,
State responds to CWD in W. Virginia
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — In response to chronic wasting disease being found in a road-killed West Virginia buck near the Pennsylvania border, the state’s CWD Task Force recently announced a series of measures.
Hunting license sales may be rebounding
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Sagging hunting license sales rebounded some last month — and antlerless deer tags sold at a brisk pace — leaving game commissioners and agency staffers to hope that the
DNR, groups continue push for metro hunts
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor St. Paul – Despite the encouragement of state wildlife officials and the involvement of groups attempting to involve more youths and women, hunting continues to be underutilized by suburban municipalities,
Dreaded hurricanes often good for state
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. „ These days, with repeated stark TV images of flooding in New Orleans and devastation in states bordering the Gulf of Mexico „ all wrought by Hurricane Katrina
DNR may open two SNAs to hunting in northeast
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Marais, Minn. – The DNR is considering a proposal to increase its stock of “scientific and natural areas” open to hunting by adding two Cook County units to the
State’s duck recovery plan making headway
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – As the Oct. 1 waterfowl opener looms, hunters aren’t the only ones with ducks on their minds. With a poor season last year still fresh in the
Vang convicted of killing Wisconsin deer hunters
By Robert Imrie Associated Press Jurors deliberated three hours before ruling last Friday Hayward, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin jury convicted an Asian immigrant of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters,
Rifle sales could jump
By Steve Piatt Editor New Hartford, N.Y. — Deer hunters in several Southern Tier counties will be allowed to tote rifles into the deer woods this fall, but for some, there may be a problem.
