Fishing
TV report featuring HSUS draws ire of state trappers
By Tom Watts Correspondent Otsego, Mich. – Charlie Brown Sr. is an experienced Michigan trapper who denounces the illegal practice of skinning animals alive. Brown, 59, of Otsego, was outraged after a report aired on
Bait prices are a big concern on Lake Erie
Rules related to VHS could drive up bait shop prices By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – The biggest casualty of the current fish virus scare on Lake Erie will likely be the bait dealers who do
After flap, Rendell taps top candidate for PGC
By Tom Venesky Contributing Writer Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – When Luzerne County resident Jay Delaney applied to fill the vacant Northeast Region seat on the Pennsylvania Game Commission last spring, he did so because he wanted
Bill would let farmers hire pros to kill deer
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Where hunters have failed to control deer – or where they’ve never been given the chance, depending on your perspective – professionals may get to do the job.
PGC: Deer harvest similar to last year
Hunters kill 361,560: Reporting rates now hover around 37% By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – Response from the leaders of two statewide sportsmen’s groups to a report from the Pennsylvania Game Commission that hunters killed
Survey: State whitetail hunters want status quo
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Saginaw, Mich. – While the Natural Resources Commission was mulling over the concept of restricting the harvest of antlered bucks by hunters, the DNR was polling hunters on what pleased
Wisconsin’s Wilhelm is the nation’s top gobbler
By Steve PiattContributing Writer Nashville, Tenn. – Scott Wilhelm was thrilled with his second-place finish in the National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Friction Calling Championship. So you can imagine how he felt a couple
Resources board approves SAK review
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The Natural Resources Board approved the report of the citizen Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) Steering Committee that reviewed the DNR’s formula used to estimate deer populations. The report was based on
Catskills tops low bear take
Staff report Albany – New York’s bear hunting seems to be undergoing a transition. Empire State hunters are still bagging bruins with some regularity, but the harvests are shifting a bit from some of the
