Fishing
Jury convicts Vang in hunter shootings case
By Robert Imriet Associated Press Hayward, Wis. (AP) „ A jury last Friday convicted an immigrant truck driver of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters during a confrontation over trespassing, rejecting
Lake Ontario tributary angler survey begins
Albany — An angler creel survey on Lake Ontario’s popular tributaries this fall will help DEC manage the fishery for the future. DEC officials said the survey will be used to gather information on population
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.
Small game kicks off
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Their numbers may be shrinking, and so, too, may be the species they pursue, but the fact remains that thousands of hunters will take to the woods next month
Virus suspected in deaths of 731 bass
By Dean Bortz Editor La Crosse, Wis. „ Heading into a September tournament that is supposed to help the DNR assess the losses of culled bass, the agency will test Shawano Lake for a bass
Crex area expansion may hinge on PILT payments
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Spooner, Wis. „ By the time the Natural Resources Board takes up the topic of Crex Meadows expansion again at its October meeting, the DNR should have more information for board
Deer hearings on tap in October
SAK audit taking shape By Dean Bortz Editor Madison „ Even as the DNR is preparing for 10 hearings regarding the 2006 deer season framework, wildlife managers are working on the Sex-Age-Kill audit while trying
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
