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Second ‘monster’ buck shot in Adams County
Could be one of largest typicals taken anywhere in the country this year By Mike Wilson Contributing Writer Arcanum, Ohio — Another huge whitetail has been taken in Adams County. Justin Metzner, who’s from Darke
License fee hike proposed by group
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Hunters would pay $30 for a deer-hunting license and anglers $40 for an all-species fishing license if a citizens work group proposal to better finance the cash-strapped DNR is
Walleye action remains strong on Erie
By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Huron, Ohio — If you are willing to run down Huron or Vermilion way to fish Lake Erie, you can find some excellent late-season walleye action. Veteran Maumee angler Ed
A petition drive is on for hunting on Sunday
By Marcus Schneck Contributing Writer Harrisburg — A handful of sportsmen scattered across Pennsylvania but chatting regularly through the Web site HuntingPA.com have organized themselves into a statewide petition drive to legalize Sunday hunting for
Electronic license system will be late
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Altoona, Pa. — Pennsyl-vania anglers haven’t seen the last of those license sales books sitting on the counters at retail outlets after all. Turns out that 2007 fishing licenses will be
DNR: Fish ban could be devastating here
By Mike Moore Editor Columbus — A federal crackdown on live fish shipments from Great Lakes states is intended to stop the spread of a deadly aquatic virus, but conservation officials say the fallout from

National group focuses on health of woodcock
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Crystal Falls, Mich. — A newly formed conservation group, organized to focus its attention on the American woodcock, is growing at a steady pace, says the group’s president, Jim Hammill, of
Conservation fund protection supported
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — Michigan citizens voted by overwhelming margins to protect conservation funds built on license, permit, and user fees, and to protect mourning doves. It was a good-news, bad-news result
Democrats likely to elevate environment in Washington
By John Heilprin Associated Press Washington (AP) – The Democrats who will steer environment issues in the new Congress are polar opposites of their Republican predecessors, but changing environmental policy is like turning around an