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No charges filed after fatal hunter shootout
Punxsutawney, Pa. – A Summerville bear hunter who killed a property owner in a trespassing dispute will not be charged, according to Pennsylvania State Police, who said the shooting was determined to be justified.
Susquehanna River is tops in intersex bass
Harrisburg – If anyone needed more confirmation that the Susquehanna is in trouble, it came recently in a finding by federal scientists that the river has a higher percentage of “intersex” smallmouth bass than almost
New ‘guide’ generates concern
St. Paul – Lawmakers from the state House say a new set of “legislative guidelines” is meant to guide spending of dedicated funds and establish oversight and accountability for those expenditures. Some conservation advocates, though,
DNR: Wildlife division in good shape
Columbus – Though the DNR Division of Wildlife is hardly awash in cash, the agency is still solvent enough to ride out the current economic storm. In its annual financial report, the Wildlife Division reports
Despite snow and water on ice, anglers hitting lakes
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Last week’s storm was the real deal, dropping 20 inches of snow in some areas. It was a wet, heavy blanket of white stuff that quickly changed ice conditions across the
Venison donations are up over last year’s total
DNR Report – Columbus – Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 95,500 pounds of venison to local food banks so far this deer season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry and the
2010: The Year in Review
Even in the 21st Century, old-school outdoors stories continue to intrigue Minnesotans. News reports of cougar sightings, poachers, and tantalizing big bucks kept outdoorsmen and women churning through pages of Outdoor News the past year.
Stephens 18-point buck is bound for the record book
Clayton, Ohio – On Nov. 30, the opener of the statewide firearms season, 39 year-old Clayton, Ohio, resident Brian Stephens harvested a giant 18-point buck while hunting his 180-acre family owned farm in Highland County.
Wyoming man pleads guilty to shooting bald eagle
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – A Northern Arapaho man pleaded guilty Tuesday in tribal court to killing a bald eagle in 2005 for use in his tribe’s Sun Dance. Winslow Friday, who is in his mid-20s,
