Hook and Bullet
July 24 July 24: Apply by July 24 to have a shot at one of 30
Minnesota elk permits in 2009.
Colony trap proposal moves forward
Wisconsin Dells, Wis. – The Natural Resources Board recently agreed to move forward the potential legalization of colony traps in Wisconsin. At the urging of the board at its May, 2009 meeting, the DNR Furbearer
Feds: State duck hunter numbers, kill up in ’08
Washington – U.S. waterfowl hunters killed about 13.7 million ducks last season, a drop from 2007, when they killed nearly 14.6 million ducks. Like the harvest, the number of hunters who targeted waterfowl in 2008
Out of red, MWA plots new path
Hopkins, Minn. – Brad Nylin has been a part of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association through the group’s ups and downs. He makes no bones about his belief that MWA is well along the road back
Drought ’09: Issues arise in east-central Minnesota
St. Paul – While lack of summer rainfall in parts of Minnesota has been enough to send lawns into submission, it’s likely the cumulative effect of several consecutive summers with below-normal rainfall is to blame
‘Secretary bill’ set for July hearing
State Assembly to consider bill on July 28 Madison – State conservation leaders are making a push to get their members and other groups to attend a July 28 hearing on Assembly Bill (AB) 138,
Conn. man accused of using lights to hunt deer
Seymour, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man has been charged with using a light to startle deer at night, then hunting them. Fifty-year-old Gustavao Useda of Waterbury is charged with possessing jacklight equipment after he
US duck numbers higher than normal
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Extra-wet conditions in the Dakotas and Montana resulted in a record-setting year for waterfowl in the United States and the projections for another 60-day duck season for Louisiana hunters. The
Pronghorn licenses down in N.D.
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Pronghorn licenses available for this fall’s hunting season in North Dakota are down nearly 50 percent from a year ago. The Game and Fish Department says the drop is due to
