Fishing
Bass anglers fret advisory question
By Kevin Naze Correspondent Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — Veteran Door County guide and Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament co-founder Gary Nault is finding out who his friends are. Nault, 58, retired a year ago from
Sale of leftover turkey tags not without glitch
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — By 12:02 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, skeptical turkey hunters were saying “I told you so” before becoming downright frustrated with a computer system that wouldn’t spit out turkey
Deer hearing set for April 5, 2006
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — Hunters, hunting groups, legislators, and DNR wildlife managers are gearing up for two April public hearings on deer seasons. The April 5 hearing will address Rep. Scott Gunderson’s bill
Turkey take may top 20,000
By Mike Moore Editor Athens, Ohio — A mild winter and a bountiful mast crop last fall is good news for Ohio turkey hunters this spring. But those same elements are not so good for
Lethal control likely for cormorant population
By Mike Moore Editor Oak Harbor, Ohio — Ohio natural resource officials should have a plan for cormorant control on Lake Erie and other parts of the state sometime in April. And at least one
Dam repairs wrapping up at Salt Fork
By Jared Meighen Contributing Writer Cambridge, Ohio — Repairs to the dam at Salt Fork Lake in southeast Ohio are coming to an end, just in time for spring fishing season. “Currently, we’re wrapping everything
Winter having limited effect on northern deer
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — Michigan’s northern deer herd has so far dodged a bullet with average to below-average winter severity throughout deer range, according to biologists. After a rough start to winter
Deer harvests fell in neighbor states, too
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Altoona, Pa. — Pennsylvania was not the only state in the Northeast to see its 2005-06 deer harvest fall. In fact, the deer kills in most neighboring states dropped by similar
Fayette County bear to make the record book
Harrisburg — A black bear killed by a Pennsylvania hunter last November ties for the record of largest ever taken legally in the world, according to preliminary measurements announced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. If
