Hook and Bullet
Deer wanton waste gets COs’ attention
Tower, Minn. – The actions of hunters sometimes bewilder the state’s conservation officers. Case in point: CO Dan Starr, of Tower, on Monday checked a group of hunters in northern Minnesota who’d harvested three bucks.
‘Unstoppable’ movie crew members take time to fish
Port Matilda, Pa. – An entire 20-car train races down the railroad track at high speed while movie-camera-equipped helicopters chase the train at treetop level.
Commissioners split on Sunday hunt prospects
Harrisburg – There weren’t many people who turned out for the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s most recent meeting in Philadelphia, but Dave Laden was one of them.
Ohioans charged in W.Va. bear poaching probe
Summersville, W.Va. – A lengthy bear poaching investigation was brought to a conclusion Oct. 22 and Oct. 25, when West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) conservation officers and Wildlife Resources personnel apprehended a group
Deer kill lags as hunters forced to pass does
St. Paul – Firearms deer hunters had killed and registered 128,766 deer as of earlier this week, which is nearly 12 percent fewer deer than at the same time last year. The antlerless deer harvest
Richfield artist wins walleye stamp contest
DNR Reports St. Paul – A painting of two walleyes, one chasing a jointed lure, has been selected as the image for the 2010 Minnesota walleye stamp. The painting, by Tim Turenne of Richfield, Minn.,
Cross Fork Creek flap tests PF&BC resolve
Cross Fork, Pa. – Can the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission bring peace to Cross Fork Creek without selling its resource-first agenda down the river?
Crossbows boost archery stamp sales only slightly
Harrisburg – An often-repeated prediction by many who opposed the use of crossbows in the statewide archery deer-hunting season – that legions of new “bow” hunters would flood the woods – did not come true
Wildlife officers unharmed after vehicle shooting
Urbana, Ohio – Wildlife officers Adam Smith and Jeff Tipton knew exactly what to do when a gunman’s bullet Oct. 30 crashed through the windshield of their DNR truck at eye level, narrowly missing the
