Hook and Bullet
State’s duck recovery plan making headway
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – As the Oct. 1 waterfowl opener looms, hunters aren’t the only ones with ducks on their minds. With a poor season last year still fresh in the
Dreaded hurricanes often good for state
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. „ These days, with repeated stark TV images of flooding in New Orleans and devastation in states bordering the Gulf of Mexico „ all wrought by Hurricane Katrina
DNR, groups continue push for metro hunts
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor St. Paul – Despite the encouragement of state wildlife officials and the involvement of groups attempting to involve more youths and women, hunting continues to be underutilized by suburban municipalities,
Lake Ontario tributary angler survey begins
Albany — An angler creel survey on Lake Ontario’s popular tributaries this fall will help DEC manage the fishery for the future. DEC officials said the survey will be used to gather information on population
Rifle sales could jump
By Steve Piatt Editor New Hartford, N.Y. — Deer hunters in several Southern Tier counties will be allowed to tote rifles into the deer woods this fall, but for some, there may be a problem.
The GOP task force is still listening
By Paula Piattt Associate Editor Ilion, N.Y. — Members of the New York State Assembly’s Republican Hunting and Fishing Task Force are continuing their tour around the state, looking for input from business, sportsmen and
Jury convicts Vang in hunter shootings case
By Robert Imriet Associated Press Hayward, Wis. (AP) „ A jury last Friday convicted an immigrant truck driver of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters during a confrontation over trespassing, rejecting
Small game kicks off
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Their numbers may be shrinking, and so, too, may be the species they pursue, but the fact remains that thousands of hunters will take to the woods next month
Virus suspected in deaths of 731 bass
By Dean Bortz Editor La Crosse, Wis. „ Heading into a September tournament that is supposed to help the DNR assess the losses of culled bass, the agency will test Shawano Lake for a bass
