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IL: Lawmakers at all levels tackling Asian carp
Chicago – In the ongoing Asian carp case, legislation continues to pile up restricting hand-ling of the dangerous fish. The U.S. House of Represent-atives adopted a bill Dec. 1 that makes it a criminal offense
WI: State gun deer take recovers, somewhat
Madison – Preliminary numbers for the just-ended 2010 gun deer season show Wisconsin hunters harvested 218,144 whitetails, an increase of 11 percent statewide from 2009. All told, hunters registered 102,006 bucks (a 17-percent increase) while
MN: DNR fees, license structure under review
St. Paul – Earlier this year, lawmakers were debating a bill that would have increased the cost of a fishing license. DNR officials didn’t lend their support and said they instead wanted to look comprehensively
NY: South harvest decent
Hunter deaths in Cortland, Orleans Albany – It was breezy kickoff to the Southern Zone firearms deer season last month, but that didn’t mean hunters’ chances of connecting on a buck or antlerless deer were
NY: E-Licensing plan sparks concerns
Albany – A plan to roll DEC’s sporting license system into the statewide multi-agency Enterprise E-Licensing project has, thus far, brought more questions than answers. And the proposal, part of outgoing Gov. David Paterson’s Shared
WI: Green Bay hunter bags a rare ‘pseudo buck’
Gresham, Wis, – Although he hadn’t fired a shot, it had been a productive start to the 2010 gun deer season for Adam Kositzke, of Green Bay, who was hunting near Gresham in eastern Shawano
IL: State’s new 4-H shooting program hitting bullseye
Springfield – It’s not the 800 curious kids that surprise Dan Dawson. It’s the 200 eager adults. Participation in Illinois’ new 4-H Shooting Sports Program “has completely exceeded our expectations,” said Dawson, coordinator of the
IL: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 25
Region I A District 7 officer was walking the Peoria Sanitation Property and observed a fresh blood trail that led to a gut pile. The officer followed the drag marks to the Illinois River. The
MN: Hunting accidents ‘on par’ with recent years
Two fatalities have occurred in 2010 Little Falls, Minn. – When it comes to hunter safety, the hunting seasons of 2010 have been much like those of recent years, according to DNR officials. About 25
