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Michigan Cuffs & Collars – October 24th, 2014
DISTRICT 1 CO Jason Wicklund and PCO Joshua Russell received a complaint about a stolen trail camera. The COs searched the area and located a suspect. An interview was conducted, and the suspect admitted to
Whitetail poacher fined over $12,000
A Kent County man has pleaded guilty to poaching two trophy bucks during the September youth hunt and has been fined more than $12,000 under the state’s new enhanced deer violation penalties, according to DNR
Asian carp eDNA found in Kalamazoo
State and federal officials are resampling a stretch of the Kalamazoo River – from Lake Michigan to the Caulkins Dam – after a sample collected in July tested positive for Asian carp eDNA
Fishing license sales lagging in state
It may be the weather or Michigan’s new license structure, but fewer anglers have purchased fishing licenses this season compared with 2013
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars – October 24th, 2014
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission • Butler County WCO Christopher J. Deal reports that investigations are ongoing regarding the increase of drug use and production in local woodlands. Littering of methamphetamine byproducts and waste
Another deer is found with CWD in Jefferson Co.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has discovered another captive deer with chronic wasting disease.
Probe nabs 4 serial poaching suspects
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently filed a total of 58 citations against four individuals who are charged with illegally taking 14 deer, as well as other wildlife, and fines in the incident could top $47,000.
Fugitive still loose; hunting still banned
As this issue went to press, state and local police, assisted by the FBI, continued to search for an accused cop killer in the rugged, dense woods around this Poconos town.
State’s bear kill drops to lowest level since 1988
The state’s bear harvest fell for the second consecutive year, and the preliminary total kill of 1,618 animals marks the fewest killed in a season since 1988.
