Hook and Bullet
Federation seems to soften on Sunday hunt
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — It has often been said by folks who should know that Sunday hunting will never become a reality in Pennsylvania until the state’s largest sportsmen’s organization is behind it.
DCNR secretary hopes to dispel ‘myths’
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — The average Pennsylvania hunter doesn’t trust Michael DiBerardinis at all, and he knows it. “The first problem is probably that I’m from Philadelphia,” the secretary of the Department of
‘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
Northern Zone deer: Long, varied season
By Steve Piatt Editor Elizabethtown, N.Y. — Deer hunters in New York’s Northern Zone can, with apologies to the folks at Burger King, pretty much have it their way. Looking for some high-density deer populations
Lake Michigan perch make strong showing
By Paul Smith Correspondent Milwaukee, Wis. — After a decade of generally dismal news about the plight of Lake Michigan yellow perch, reports are emerging from biologists around the lake that may put smiles on
Oct. 15 and 16: an early shot at whitetails
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – As the DNR’s big-game program coordinator, Lou Cornicelli was instrumental in creating this fall’s early antlerless deer season, the first of its kind in the state. But
Turkeys headed northwest, into ‘uncharted territory’
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Thief River Falls, Minn. – One time extirpated from Minnesota, wild turkeys now are found over a wide swath from the southeast to the northwest. And the beat goes on.
Crossbow talk resumes; coalition joins the fray
By Steve Piatt Editor Buffalo, N.Y. — Only time will tell whether New York hunters ever take crossbows into the field. Until then, the debate over crossbow use won’t likely go away. While crossbow advocates
Anglers support cuts in Michigan king stocking
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
