Hook and Bullet
Archery deer hunt appears promising
Madison – Wisconsin’s archery deer hunters can expect to have a better-than-average hunting season in most areas of the state, but they probably should not expect to surpass last year’s statewide bow kill of 116,010
Buck Club plans big 50th celebration
Columbus – Ohio’s Buckeye Big Buck Club is accustomed to working with large racks from white-tailed deer killed in the state, but this year it will also be working with large numbers of people at
Stripping of eggs banned by PF&BC
Harrisburg – Although Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners at their summer meeting here July 14-15 did not discuss opening trout season year-round or trout-stocking changes resulting from their controversial new resource-first policy – as many
Cattle removal to begin in northwest bovine TB area
St. Paul – Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis are continuing. The disease was discovered in the state in 2005, and since then there’s been a concerted effort to kill deer around the
Ten more days for doves this year
DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – The early waterfowl season dates and bag limits were approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council, but the biggest news of the night was stolen away by mourning doves. Ohio hunters
Carp bowfishing record broken for second time in two years
Sandusky, Ohio – Rich Cady shot what he believed was the next state record carp about midday on May 28 but he had to wait a bit longer to get the big fish to the
State to lease 74,000 acres for gas drilling
Harrisburg – One of Appalachia’s largest landowners, Pennsylvania’s state forestry agency, wants in on any windfall from drilling a potentially lucrative natural gas formation. More than 74,000 acres, or more than 115 square miles, in
USDA: No need for ‘early out’ of CRP
Washington – Conservationists hoping the Conservation Reserve Program wouldn’t be further eroded by an “early out” option breathed a collective sigh of relief Tuesday when U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced his agency
No records in PGC antler scoring
Harrisburg – The antler- and skull-scoring sessions held earlier this summer by the Pennsylvania Game Commission revealed that some very nice deer, elk and bears have been taken in recent years. There seem to be
