Hook and Bullet
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
Monsanto opens river to anglers
Soda Springs, Idaho (AP) – Eight miles of the upper Blackfoot River will be opened to anglers after nearly a decade. The Monsanto Company in Soda Springs recently purchased the Fox Hills Ranch, a 2,200-acre
State sets September hunt for Canada geese
Waterbury, Vt. (AP) – Gearing up for the annual influx of migrating Canada geese, the state of Vermont has set dates for a statewide open hunt on the birds. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board
North Dakota deer lottery held
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s deer license lottery had 94,000 applicants, tying the record set in each of the last two years. The first lottery application process is for the deer gun, muzzleloader, youth
Wisconsin mink production dips but still leads nation
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s mink production has dipped slightly, but the state still leads the nation easily in that category. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin produced 910,000 mink pelts in 2008, down
Budget battle leaves status of nature preserves in limbo
Columbus – As Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly battle over budget differences, the fate of the state’s 134 designated nature preserves grows cloudy. Under the governor’s revised two-year budget proposal, the Ohio
State to hunt pythons in South Florida
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s governor is asking wildlife officials to begin trapping pythons, the same way the state handles nuisance alligators. The program will be carried out by qualified herpetologists who volunteer. The Burmese
Proposal to cut Delaware River’s shad limit in half
Contributing Writer Easton, Pa. – In response to decreasing American shad populations, Pennsylvania and neighboring New Jersey and New York have proposed regulations changes for 2010 that will reduce the number of shad that Delaware
If it was a bullhead, it was a new state record
Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Was it or wasn’t it?
