Fishing
Biologist: Plenty of jakes, 2-year-olds this season
By Jeffrey L. FrischkornContributing Writer Athens, Ohio – If wildlife biologists’ predictions come true, then thousands of Ohioans will walk out of the woods this spring with their Thanksgiving Day dinners slung over their shoulders.
Deer survey stalls rule change talk
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Syracuse, N.Y. – A survey of deer hunters in parts of Region 7 has prompted the state DEC to put off any talk of antler restrictions or other potential rules changes
Frustrated Monacchio steps down from CFAB
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Northville, N.Y. – The chairman of the state Conservation Fund Advisory Board (CFAB) announced his resignation March 16, saying the inability of certain sportsmen’s groups to work together had pushed him
Earn-a-buck in ’07 to include 35 units
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The number of herd-control and earn-a-buck deer units outside of the CWD zones will increase for the 2007 hunting season to include 60 herd-control units (compared to 54 in
Price County muskies headed to La Crosse
By Dean Bortz Editor Park Falls, Wis. – Up to 200 Price County muskies will put on some traveling music this spring as they make their way to a new home – Lake Neshonoc in
DNR supports sidearms in woods for permit holders
By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – One of the biggest changes Ohio sportsmen will see this fall is that proper license holders will be able to take two firearms into the woods. But, they still will
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
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
