Fishing
Wild hogs becoming established in Pa.
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Don Garner knows what he’d like to see happen to all of those wild hogs running around in Bedford County. “They’re definitely something we wish would disappear off
Superior lamprey increase may be cyclical
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich, — A large increase in Lake Superior’s population of sea lamprey from 2004 to 2005 has many anglers and some biologists concerned that the blood-sucking parasite is once again
CWD discovered in West Virginia deer
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Charleston, W. Va. — Chronic wasting disease, the mysterious, always fatal-for-deer-and-elk malady has been found in West Virginia’s Hampshire County, just 25 miles due south of the Pennsylvania state line.
DNR: Deer herd is about 1.7 million
Staff Report Madison — When the 2005 archery deer season opens on Saturday, Sept. 17, bowhunters should be perched on the threshold of some pretty good hunting opportunities and a pre-hunt deer herd estimated at
Wolf backers score win
Staff report Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — In what environmentalists hailed as a major victory, a federal judge last month ordered the Bush administration to step up efforts to restore the gray wolf to Maine, New
Green Bay yellow perch hearings set for October
Burnett County vet warns of timber wolf problems By Tim Eisele Correspondent Spooner, Wis. — The Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved public hearings, to be held in October, that could lead to an increase in
CWD zones to offer either-sex bowhunt
Staff Report Madison — Archers hunting deer in CWD zones this fall will not be restricted by earn-a-buck requirements early in the 2005 bow season. Earn-a-buck rules have been relaxed this year, and bowhunters in
‘Pre-qualify’ for EAB likely on the way
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — Bowhunters and Conservation Congress Big Game Committee members have been asking for some way to “pre-qualify” for an earn-a-buck (EAB) sticker for about three years. With any support at
DECALS snafu costing some hunters DMPs
By Brad Sisson Contributing Writer Albany — A flaw in the DEC Automated Licensing System (DECALS) is costing some hunters their chance at obtaining a second Deer Management Permit (DMP) for the upcoming season. The
