Hook and Bullet
Lake Erie ‘trophy’ bass size will be 20
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Lake Erie’s early trophy bass season will remain intact under a proposal to overhaul the statewide bass season, albeit with a higher size limit for the one fish anglers
Manure spill wreaks havoc on Black River
Staff report Lowville, N.Y. — Three million gallons of liquid manure that spilled into a river snaked its way toward Lake Ontario as workers diluted the stinking mess already blamed for killing thousands of fish.
Sept. 1 – Bear and dove seasons begin.
Sept. 3 – Early goose hunting season begins.
Pataki waiting for deer/bear rifle bill
Staff report Albany — Gov. George Pataki hasn’t signed a long-awaited bill that would allow rifles for deer and bear hunting in several Southern Zone counties because he hasn’t yet received the legislation. A spokesman
Carlos Avery housing project on hold, for now
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Ham Lake, Minn. – A judge has put a stop to construction of a housing development that some say will destroy a dry-oak forest near the 23,000-acre Carlos Avery Wildlife
Crow Wing bans permanent stands
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Brainerd, Minn. – Crow Wing County had enough of waiting for state regulation of permanent deer stands. So it passed its own ban. As of Aug. 1, construction and use
Duck openers set for Sept. 24, Oct. 1
Exterior goose could go 92 days By Tim EiseleCorrespondent Spooner, Wis. — It will be 60 days and six ducks for Wisconsin’s duck hunters in 2005. The Natural Resources Board, at its Aug. 17 meeting
Weather, hard work slow spread of fire in BWCAW
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Ely, Minn. — One-thousand-three-hundred acres and $1.8 million dollars after lightning started a forest fire in northern Minnesota, officials on Tuesday said the fire was about 45 percent contained. And
