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Montana’s FWP taking public comment on duck hunting
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife officials are seeking public comment on their recommended response to a landowner petition to close waterfowl hunting on a portion of Mitchell Slough in the Bitterroot Valley. The state
‘Steelhead Alley’ thunders with fresh-run fighting tributary fish
Ashtabula, Ohio – Recent rains and a late fall chill have combined to move steelhead deep into the rivers of Northeast Ohio. Warmer weather is moving more fishermen out to those creeks and rivers, and
Alternative regs in 2010 possible for deer hunters
St. Paul – While most reports indicate confusion was common among deer hunters during the final two days of the 3A deer season, it’s still likely hunters could see alternative regulations as early as next
Jackson Co. woman’s multi-year quest ends with a 184-class buck
Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored
Blue-green algae on the increasing bloom in Lake Erie
There’s a little thing that is becoming a big problem in Lake Erie. It also has a bad history. Back in the 1960s, some people proclaimed that Erie was a dead lake. Sewage treatment plants
Shepherd man denies illegally killing deer and elk
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A 60-year-old Shepherd man accused of illegally killing several mule deer bucks during the 2008 hunting season has pleaded not guilty. Jimmie Roberts appeared in Yellowstone County District Court on Tuesday
State still tops for deer-vehicle collisions
Harrisburg – Despite a nearly decade-long deer-herd-reduction program implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion, the state still leads the nation in deer-vehicle collisions, according to the nation’s leading auto insurer.
Mont. deer, elk season ends with higher numbers
Bozeman, Mont. (AP) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department officials say fewer hunters got deer and elk during the last weekend of hunting season, but the total number of deer and elk killed this
