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Weighty issue with crossbows
Draw weight limit headache for retailers and hunters
Commission proposes striper harvest cut
Will likely impact fishing regulations

Lifetime license delay has sportsmen on edge
Holders of lifetime hunting licenses anxiously awaited their 2014-15 tags earlier this month after a delay in mailing out the tags.
New York Cuffs & Collars – September 5th, 2014
Deer poacher caught (Monroe County) ECO Beth Haag received information from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department regarding a possible illegal deer case in Mendon Ponds Park in the town of Mendon. A tow truck driver
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars – September 5th, 2014
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) monitored bear-baiting activity and checked anglers on Lake of the Woods. Enforcement action was taken for an illegal-length walleye. CO Demosthenes Regas (Blackduck) monitored bear-baiting activity,

Pheasant counts in Iowa, S.D. skyrocket
Pheasant indices in both South Dakota and Iowa took dramatic jumps from last year, but remain well below longer-term averages.

Some tribal waterfowlers to get crack at swans
When it comes to waterfowling participation by Minnesota tribal members, things are much the same as that of their state-licensed counterparts

Big question: Are fish safe to eat?
Microcystis is the dominant noxious cyanobacteria, widely called “blue-green algae,” present each year in Western Lake Erie and other lakes throughout Ohio.
Ohio Cuffs & Collars – August 29th, 2014
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • While on patrol at Greenfield Lake Wildlife Area, state wildlife officers Tony Zerkle and Josh Elster observed a man and woman fishing from the bank. They saw the