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District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) saw an encouraging start to the regular waterfowl season. Hunters on Thief Lake and Roseau River WMAs had good success with both ducks and geese. Enforcement
Waterfowl season starts with a few ducks and fewer hunters
Big Six LAKE MILLE LACS A few walleyes are being caught on the flats during the day, but the night bite has been more consistent on the mud with slip bobbers and leeches in 23

Minnesota: Feds confirm $12 million in ‘Open Fields’ for 17 states
Washington — A week after states with successful applications were notified, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced this week that nearly $12 million had been awarded to 17 states to improve public access to private
Illinois bowhunters begin 2010 season with best opening harvest in five years
One consistent refrain has been heard statewide from Illinois archery hunters concerning the opening weekend of the 2010 deer season. The deer are moving. A cool snap met hunters on the Oct. opener and continued

24-pointer poached in Perry County, Illinois returned to state park office
DNR and officers from Tennessee Wildlife Resources returned a near-record buck to the administrative office at Pyramid State Park in Perry County on Monday. The 24-point deer, which unofficially measures between 203 and 216 inches,

Weather or not, N. Zone season opens
Elizabethtown, N.Y. — If you hear Northern Zone deer hunters uttering the phrase, “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow,” they’re not dreaming of a white Christmas. A white November – or even
Gas meetings draw support, opposition
Binghamton, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Maurice Hinchey told a federal hearing last month that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process that he said has contaminated water near drilling
Poaching case corrals nine state hunters
Glasgow, Mont. — An array of illegal hunting charges in Montana lodged against nine Wisconsin residents, one North Dakota man, and two Montana residents will cost those defendants a little more than $17,000 in total

Fall turkey hunting seeks own glory
Springfield — Turkey hunting is still hot, and Illinois’ turkey population appears to be quite healthy – so why aren’t more turkey hunters participating in the state’s fall shotgun season? The answer has little to