Hook and Bullet
Southeast Neb. fish kill blamed on fertilizer
Hebron, Neb. (AP) – Authorities suspect anhydrous ammonia killed thousands of fish in a stretch of southeast Nebraska’s Little Blue River. Thayer County Sheriff David Lee reports several calls about the fish, which were spotted
South Dakota pheasant brood count under way
Sioux FallsS, S.D. (AP) _ There’s no shortage of interest in South Dakota’s most popular bird count. Staff in Game, Fish and Parks Department offices are eager to volunteer, and hunters looking forward to October
N. Ind. city allowing goose hunting on golf course
Rochester, Ind. (AP) – A northern Indiana city is allowing goose hunting on a golf course where a large flock has been causing damage. Round Barn Golf Club in Rochester asked the City Council to
ND pantries to resume giving venison to needy
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy will resume accepting deer that have been killed with lead bullets. The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers the Sportsmen
Ind. hunter ed courses set for Lafayette
Lafayette, Ind. (AP) – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will conduct hunter education classes in the Lafayette area beginning in September. The 10-hour course covers firearm safety, wildlife conservation, game care, survival, first aid
Goose bag limit jump unlikely after flyway meeting
Bemidji, Minn. – A proposal by the DNR to simplify Canada goose regulations and increase the daily bag limit across much of the state has run into a roadblock called the Mississippi Flyway Council. During
Climate change study foresees warmer, wetter Pa.
University Park, Pa. – A Penn State study of climate-change impacts in Pennsylvania projects a warmer, wetter commonwealth, with a longer growing season and significantly less snow by the middle of the century.
Hunt supporters back feds in wolf lawsuit
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Supporters of proposed public hunts of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are intervening in a federal court case brought by environmentalists who want to stop the hunts. The federal government
Austen abruptly ousted as PF&BC chief
Harrisburg – It took 18 months and loads of negotiations, but Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners finally got rid of an executive director they no longer wanted.
