Fishing
Turkey take may top 20,000
By Mike Moore Editor Athens, Ohio — A mild winter and a bountiful mast crop last fall is good news for Ohio turkey hunters this spring. But those same elements are not so good for
Lethal control likely for cormorant population
By Mike Moore Editor Oak Harbor, Ohio — Ohio natural resource officials should have a plan for cormorant control on Lake Erie and other parts of the state sometime in April. And at least one
Dam repairs wrapping up at Salt Fork
By Jared Meighen Contributing Writer Cambridge, Ohio — Repairs to the dam at Salt Fork Lake in southeast Ohio are coming to an end, just in time for spring fishing season. “Currently, we’re wrapping everything
Winter having limited effect on northern deer
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — Michigan’s northern deer herd has so far dodged a bullet with average to below-average winter severity throughout deer range, according to biologists. After a rough start to winter
Dove hunt not likely, says DEC
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – New York State is one of few states outside of New England that doesn’t allow dove hunting, and that’s not likely to change in the near future. Perhaps the
Feds announce wolf delisting proposal
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced a new plan to remove the gray wolf from federal protection under the Endangers Species Act in Wisconsin, as
State rep tackles deer season plan
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — A proposed bill from Rep. Scott Gunderson, R-Waterford, would create a new $24 muzzleloader license, limit October antlerless deer hunts to muzzleloader-hunting only, and get rid of earn-a-buck and
Hunting license sales decline by 5 percent
Staff report Albany – Hunting license sales in New York dipped by about 5 percent last season, affected more by a sharp decline in available Deer Management Permits than the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease
Bass virus found, but no impact yet in New York
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – A virus that has killed thousands of largemouth bass around the U.S. has been found in New York waters, but scientists say it doesn’t appear to have caused
