Hook and Bullet
New law makes poached big buck worth $13,000
Columbus – From trumpeter swans to trophy bucks, poachers are bagging hefty court-ordered restitution as a result of tougher sanctions approved by the Ohio legislature and being enforced since March 4. Two hunters arrested for
State is a leader in whitetail research
University Park, Pa. – Andrew Norton is well aware of how controversial and political deer management is in Pennsylvania. That’s one reason why the graduate student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is so
Lessard Council kicks off with first meeting
St. Paul – The group that will recommend to the Legislature as much as $90 million a year in fish and game habitat projects met for the first time Monday, with members pledging to be
Pa. officials: Lead bullet scare bogus
Harrisburg – John Plowman’s eaten a lot of venison from deer that died via a bullet, and he’s never gotten sick as a result. He doesn’t know of any hunter who’s ever gotten ill either.
Number of muzzleloader deer hunters increases
St. Paul – If muzzleloader deer hunters in the state don’t have a banner season, it won’t be for a lack of hunters. As of last Friday, the eve of the 16-day season, deer hunters
Bobcat summit yields a new season proposal
Stevens Point, Wis. – Frustration hung thick in Ed Harvey’s voice. Like everyone in attendance at a public meeting about bobcat management Nov. 14, the president of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress was hoping to break
Deer harvest lags as season winds down
St. Paul – With the vast majority of the firearms deer season now in the rearview mirror, harvest remains off last year’s pace as hunters have killed 11 percent fewer deer. Hunters had killed 167,645
November 25, 2008
District 1 – Baudette area CO Troy Richards (Roseau) worked the last week of the legal firearms deer season. Numerous complaints were investigated with charges pending for trespassing, shooting from road right of way, gross
