Hook and Bullet
Early reports: firearms deer license sales down from ’08
Madison – As of Nov. 1, the total sales of resident gun deer licenses was 14 percent less than the number of gun licenses sold at the same time last year. However, the number of
Harvest down as deer hunt wraps up
St. Paul – The firearms deer kill in the state continues to lag behind last year’s pace. Through the third weekend of hunting, hunters had killed just more than 151,000 whitetails, which is about 12
Early reports indicate good bear season
Madison – Judging by preliminary harvest reports, Wisconsin’s 2009 black bear season was one to remember, with 3,907 bear registration stubs counted through Nov. 16. That number will increase as more stubs are tallied. The
As expected, Doyle vetoes secretary bill
Madison – Friday the 13th was not a good day for Wisconsin outdoorsmen, some conservation groups are saying. That was the day Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed Assembly Bill 138 which would have returned appointment authority
Minnesota loses 61K acres of CRP in ’09
St. Paul – The slow drain on the federal Conservation Reserve Program continued this fall in Minnesota – and nationwide – as the state lost an estimated 61,000 program acres, according to the USDA’s Farm
Idaho extends wolf hunt 3 more months
Boise, Idaho (AP) – Hunters will have three more months to hunt wolves in Idaho. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to stretch the season to March 31, 2010 in the Panhandle, Palouse-Hells
Signs point to fewer deer as Wis. gun season nears
Madison, Wis. (AP) – All signs indicate hunters will find fewer deer on the landscape when the Wisconsin gun deer season opens Saturday. “The deer population is definitely down,” said Rick Weide, Department of Natural
Idaho shuts another wolf hunting zone
Boise, Idaho (AP) – State officials say hunters have reached their limit for killing wolves in a hunting zone in northern Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday closed the Dworshak-Elk City
2 AZ men fined for illegal hunting practices
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – Two Willcox men cited a combined 22 times for illegal hunting practices have been fined $12,500 and had their hunting and fishing privileges either suspended or revoked by the Arizona Game
