Hook and Bullet
Another record deer kill in 2005?
By Robert Loewendick Contributing Writer Columbus — The 2005 deer-gun season, which runs Nov. 28-Dec. 4, is expected to produce 130,000 to 140,000 harvested deer, according to the latest estimates from the Ohio Division of
Spring walleye fishing for Erie now on anglers’ radar
By Bill Parker Editor Luna Pier, Mich. — After two years of frustration at watching anglers ply the Ohio waters of Lake Erie for spring walleyes, anglers may be able to wet a line in
Standing crops could slow pheasant action
But birds are ‘just all over the place’ By Joe Albert Staff Writer Madelia, Minn. — It’s a double-edged sword for hunters heading out this weekend for pheasants: Bird counts are up from last year,
Virus infects, dooms trout raised at Warren County’s federal hatchery
Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Warren, Pa. — Federal and state wildlife officials will decide by the middle of this month what to do with almost one million trout at the Allegheny National Fish Hatchery near
Michigan salmon stocking to be reduced
By Paul Smith Correspondent Kenosha, Wis. — Anglers have strongly supported a plan by fisheries managers to reduce Lake Michigan chinook stocking by 25 percent, but also have expressed concerns about how and where the
‘Legendary’ conservation officer dies
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. — When Don Polovina was a game warden at the Floodwood station in the 1960s, he arrested a would-be poacher who was shining deer, and brought him before
DNR pondering record bass transport issues
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul — Mark Raveling, a pro bass anglers and the proud owner of the record for biggest largemouth caught in the state, has little but praise for the DNR
PGC board sharply divided by deer regs
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — At the Pennsylvania Game Commission, white-tailed deer — or at least discussions about how to manage them — are always in season. That was proven again at the
