Fishing
DNR sets goals for whitetail population
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Higgins Lake, Mich. — DNR wildlife biologists are taking a different approach at setting goals for deer numbers throughout the state. They’re setting those targets goals in the same geographical
Brookie mark unchanged
Staff report Ray Brook, N.Y. — New York’s state record brook trout didn’t climb to the 5-pound mark as some DEC officials anticipated this fall. But, says one DEC fisheries biologist, that doesn’t mean 5-pound
Congress committee readies for dedicated funding effort
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — State legislators who hate messing with sales tax reallocation ideas better hide, because the Conservation Congress Alternate Funding Committee is going to be hunting for a bill sponsor for
CWD checks top 800
By Steve Piatt Editor Rome, N.Y. — DEC officials are pleased with the cooperation of successful deer hunters who have been taking their whitetails to a mandatory CWD testing facility within the established containment area.
Big bucks are out there
By Steve Piatt Editor Rochester, N.Y. — As the Southern Tier regular deer season kicks off Nov. 19, it’s almost a sure thing that sometime, somewhere, a big buck will be bagged by a hunter.
Broome bear a big bow kill
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home
Broome bear a big bow kill
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home
Avian flu in ducks not cause for panic
By Bill Parker Editor Lake Orion, Mich. — Concern about the overseas outbreaks of avian flu increased last week in North America when Canadian officials reported that over 30 ducks in that country had tested
Scientists say CWD may be here already
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — The big question about chronic wasting disease is no longer if it will show up in Pennsylvania, but rather when and where, according to scientists who say
