Hook and Bullet
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
Crex area expansion may hinge on PILT payments
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Spooner, Wis. „ By the time the Natural Resources Board takes up the topic of Crex Meadows expansion again at its October meeting, the DNR should have more information for board
Deer hearings on tap in October
SAK audit taking shape By Dean Bortz Editor Madison „ Even as the DNR is preparing for 10 hearings regarding the 2006 deer season framework, wildlife managers are working on the Sex-Age-Kill audit while trying
CWD discovered in West Virginia deer
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Charleston, W. Va. — Chronic wasting disease, the mysterious, always fatal-for-deer-and-elk malady has been found in West Virginia’s Hampshire County, just 25 miles due south of the Pennsylvania state line.
Superior lamprey increase may be cyclical
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich, — A large increase in Lake Superior’s population of sea lamprey from 2004 to 2005 has many anglers and some biologists concerned that the blood-sucking parasite is once again
Mysterious songbird kill may be weather-related
DNR Reports Grand Marais, Minn. – The Minnesota DNR recently collected 50 dead birds that were floating 200 to 800 yards from shore in an eight-mile stretch of Lake Superior between Grand Marais and the
CO contingent returns from Louisiana mission
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul – Twenty Minnesota conservation officers returned from a mission in New Orleans this week with new experiences under their belts, and a greater appreciation of the destruction in
Wild hogs becoming established in Pa.
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Don Garner knows what he’d like to see happen to all of those wild hogs running around in Bedford County. “They’re definitely something we wish would disappear off
Game warden testifies in Vang trial
By Robert Imrie Associated Press Hayward, Wis. (AP) – A man in a blaze orange jacket frantically waved to the first law enforcement officers to arrive at the scene where six deer hunters were fatally
