Hook and Bullet
Deer-hunting reports are mixed like usual
Pittsburgh – It may be three months before the Pennsylvania Game Commission reveals a tally of hunter report cards, but early reviews of this year’s firearms deer season are mixed.
Researchers learn how invasives assault forest
University Park, Pa. – Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road maintenance
Few facts emerge in fatal hunter shooting
Punxsutawney, Pa. – A man killed in a recent shootout with bear hunters near here in Jefferson County had lost his concealed-carry permit over a road-rage incident with a trucker in 2006, although it was
NJ township eyes leasing some land to hunters
Washington Township, N.J. (AP) – A Morris County community is considering leasing parcels of open space to hunters as a way to boost revenues. Washington Township Mayor Ken Short says the idea is in the
Hebron hatchery growing a generation of blue catfish
Hebron, Ohio – Half way through a project to stock blue catfish in Dillon Lake, it’s “so far, so good” at the Hebron State Fish Hatchery. Blue catfish are among the largest species of freshwater
Migrating whooping crane fatally shot in W. Indiana
Cayuga, Ind. (AP) – Wildlife officials say an endangered whooping crane was fatally shot in western Indiana during its migration south. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the crane was last seen alive Nov.
Mountain Lion Shot Near Marengo, Iowa
Des Moines – A mountain lion was shot near Marengo, Monday afternoon, by a deer hunter participating in Iowa’s second shotgun season. Raymond Goebel, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, was hunting with a group, 4 miles
More CWD cases found in S.D. wildlife
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – A half dozen cases of chronic wasting disease were found among 667 samples from deer and elk tested in South Dakota over a recent five-month period. Chronic wasting attacks the brains
Nearly 99,500 deer harvested in Illinois
Springfield, Ill. (AP) – Illinois firearm hunters harvested nearly 99,500 deer during this year’s season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday that the preliminary harvest total was about 6,000 fewer than last year’s
