Fishing
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
