Fishing
Weather is causing delay in salmon run
By Kenny Darwin Correspondent Grand Rapids, Mich. — Michigan salmon anglers are somewhat perplexed by recent fishing results. Unseasonably warm weather has the fishery in a state of flux. In August, cool nights and chilly
Success rate at about 50 percent for early elk hunt
By Bill Parker Editor Gaylord, Mich. — Michigan hunters participating in the early elk season found the hunting to be a little tougher than normal. Of the 60 hunters who received a kill tag for
State responds to CWD in W. Virginia
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — In response to chronic wasting disease being found in a road-killed West Virginia buck near the Pennsylvania border, the state’s CWD Task Force recently announced a series of measures.
Hunting license sales may be rebounding
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Sagging hunting license sales rebounded some last month — and antlerless deer tags sold at a brisk pace — leaving game commissioners and agency staffers to hope that the
PF&BC’s positive report on Susquehanna bass panned
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor A recent Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission report saying that despite smallmouth mortalities from a bacterial infection this summer, the bass situation on the Susquehanna looks positive, was greeted by disbelief
Elk shooting may be linked to crime spree
By Carol Mulvihill Contributing Writer Benezette, Pa. — The illegal shooting of an elk along Gray Hill Road in Jay Township, Elk County, last month may be linked to a bizarre 32-hour spree of shootings,
Vang convicted of killing Wisconsin deer hunters
By Robert Imrie Associated Press Jurors deliberated three hours before ruling last Friday Hayward, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin jury convicted an Asian immigrant of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters,
DNR, groups continue push for metro hunts
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor St. Paul – Despite the encouragement of state wildlife officials and the involvement of groups attempting to involve more youths and women, hunting continues to be underutilized by suburban municipalities,
DNR may open two SNAs to hunting in northeast
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Marais, Minn. – The DNR is considering a proposal to increase its stock of “scientific and natural areas” open to hunting by adding two Cook County units to the
