Fishing
Hunters have safe opener
Staff Report Madison — Wisconsin deer hunters made it through opening weekend with no gunshot fatalities and just three self-inflicted wounds reported. There were, however, several deaths that involved deer hunters, but were not related
Plan in place for review of the SAK audit report
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Sex-Age-Kill Audit Steering Committee wants to see the SAK audit report as soon as it is available and then talk to the panel of experts to ask questions
N.J. teens nabbed in Otsego ‘jackings’
Staff report Burlington, N.Y. – Two New Jersey teens have been charged in connection with a poaching case in which as many as 18 deer may have been killed at night with .22 rifles. DEC
N.Y. hunting license sales take upswing
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – Hunting license sales in New York took a solid upswing this season, in part because of an increase in Deer Management Permits, DEC officials said. License sales were up
Underwhelming start in the Southern Zone
Staff report Albany – Southern Zone deer hunters opened their season on a Saturday for the second straight year Nov. 18. And, like the move from the traditional Monday opener itself, both reviews and success
A petition drive is on for hunting on Sunday
By Marcus Schneck Contributing Writer Harrisburg — A handful of sportsmen scattered across Pennsylvania but chatting regularly through the Web site HuntingPA.com have organized themselves into a statewide petition drive to legalize Sunday hunting for
Second ‘monster’ buck shot in Adams County
Could be one of largest typicals taken anywhere in the country this year By Mike Wilson Contributing Writer Arcanum, Ohio — Another huge whitetail has been taken in Adams County. Justin Metzner, who’s from Darke
National group focuses on health of woodcock
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Crystal Falls, Mich. — A newly formed conservation group, organized to focus its attention on the American woodcock, is growing at a steady pace, says the group’s president, Jim Hammill, of
Conservation fund protection supported
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — Michigan citizens voted by overwhelming margins to protect conservation funds built on license, permit, and user fees, and to protect mourning doves. It was a good-news, bad-news result
