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Wisconsin DNR announces proposed 2011 deer hunting season structure
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife management officials will propose a 2011 deer season structure that promises a return to a more traditional hunting framework by eliminating the October antlerless hunt and allowing the first
MN: DNR tests 1,180 deer and no CWD
St. Paul – It’s official: None of the deer killed in the Pine Island area during the past two months tested positive for chronic wasting disease. After the DNR announced in late January that an
MI: DNR considers increasing antlerless tag limit
Lansing – Deer hunters in the Upper Peninsula (Zone 1) and northern Lower Peninsula (Zone 2) would be able to purchase up to five antlerless deer permits per year under a proposal being considered by
MI: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 8
DISTRICT 1 COs Trey Luce and Mark Leadman had a snowmobile operator fail to stop in the Gwinn area. They tracked the sled to an unrelated residence where the operator had hidden it behind a
MI: Conservation groups claim proposed cuts inequitable
Washington – Just as President Barack Obama earlier this year unveiled a vision for the nation’s outdoors based largely on full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, House Republicans as a budget-slashing measure
MI: Walleye limit to increase on Erie
Lansing – Walleye anglers fishing in the Michigan waters of Lake Erie will be able to keep six fish per day, beginning May 1. The new daily creel limit was announced by the DNR earlier
PA: Trout opener less special than past
Pittsburgh – While trout season debuted slowly in the southeastern part of the state, folks hope it will pick up steam by April 16, which is opening day for most of Pennsylvania. License sales were
PA: Hog’s Hole entices angler for 60 years
Boiling Springs, Pa. – Cletus Starner saw his 60th trout opener in the same spot along the Yellow Breeches Creek on April 2, the first day of the 2011 trout-fishing season in the southeastern and
PA: Biologist says PGC deer numbers are deceptive
State College, Pa. – An independent wildlife scientist who has been sharply critical of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer-management program has issued a document questioning 2010-11 harvest estimates recently released by the agency. In the
