Hook and Bullet
Opening weekend deer kill increases
Madison – In what were mixed but generally good hunting conditions across the state, hunters registered a preliminary tally of 171,584 deer during the first two days of the 2007 gun deer-hunting season. This compares
DNR on deer firearms hunt: not a bad year
St. Paul – Records won’t fall, but deer hunters are on pace for another high harvest. Firearms hunters so far are about 3 percent off last year’s total (183,000 this year compared with 189,000 last
Another ‘typical’ year for anxious ice anglers
St. Paul – How much longer will ice anglers be left on shore holding the bucket? The National Weather Service, in its most recent outlook released Nov. 15, predicted warmer than average temperatures across Minnesota
Report: Ohio ranks top among water polluters
Columbus – Ohio ranked first in the nation in the number of times its major factories and cities released an unauthorized amount of harmful chemicals and untreated sewage into waterways, according to a report released
Cold stops EHD: 10 counties affected
Harrisburg – By the time prolonged sub-freezing temperatures frosted most of the Northeast in early November – presumably killing the biting midges that spread epizootic hemorrhagic disease that killed thousands of deer – EHD had
Hopes fade for 2007 Farm Bill in Senate
Washington – Without agreement on several aspects of the 2007 Farm Bill, it appears likely the U.S. Senate won’t pass its version of the far-ranging bill that includes a number of conservation programs, until 2008
Ashtabula produces most turkeys in fall gun hunt
Ashtabula, Ohio – The far northeast corner of the state led the way in the fall turkey harvest, which ended Oct. 28. Hunters shot 83 birds in Ashtabula County during the state’s 12th annual fall
Dedicated funding talk turning to finer details
St. Paul – The promise has been made: Dedicated funding will be voted upon early in the 2008 legislative session. The bill awaiting legislative action would ask voters to raise the state sales tax by
DNR urges taking of all wild boars
For second year, the push is on for Ohio deer hunters to shoot feral pigs on sight. Athens, Ohio – It may be too late to slam the proverbial barn door on the spread of
