Fishing
Surcharge explored to aid DEC funding
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany — A group of sportsmen’s organizations is exploring whether to ask state legislators to impose a tax on sales of outdoors-related products to help fund conservation-related programs in New
Early deer harvest estimate: 336,000
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — Preliminary registration totals show Wisconsin hunters registered 336,211 deer during the 2006 nine-day gun season, which was the state’s 156th deer season (there was no open season on deer
SAK is proclaimed ‘best in the nation’
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The DNR received a positive review of its Sex-Age-Kill model that’s used as the basis of its deer season recommendations. Mark Boyce, wildlife professor at the University of Alberta,
Northeast meat processor charged in venison trade
By Mark Tuscano Contributing Writer Minerva, Ohio — State undercover wildlife officers believe they may have opened a Pandora’s box when they shut down a commercial meat processing operation here Nov. 15. Shortly after dawn
Bear hunters register another large harvest
Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Game Commission bear check stations recorded a preliminary harvest of 2,553 bears during the recently completed three-day season, and an additional 73 bears during the state’s first-ever, two-day archery bear harvest, the
Early archery kill sets third straight record
DNR Reports Columbus — For the third straight year, Ohio bowhunters set a record harvest during the first six weeks of the state’s deer-archery season, taking 45,733 whitetails. According to the DNR Division of Wildlife,
Agency: More cuts in programs coming
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Back in September, when Game Commission Executive Direc-tor Carl Roe addressed the Governor’s Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conser-vation, he warned that if a hunting license fee increase doesn’t
Extra gun hunt: Early muzzleloader season?
By Mike Moore Editor Athens, Ohio — The traditional deer gun week is in the rearview mirror now but there are two more days this year for Ohioans to put smokepoles to use again. And,
