Hunting
Lake Huron’s brown trout program scrapped
Five years into a 6-year experiment to determine whether the Lake Huron brown trout fishery can be restored state fisheries managers have concluded it’s time to cut bait.
Official tally has 2012 deer kill over 400,000
An estimated 654,000 hunters combined to kill about 414,000 white-tailed deer during all of the 2012 hunting seasons combined, according to the DNR’s 2012 deer hunter survey results, which were released last week
Game land energy deals net $4.7M for PGC
Pennsylvania Game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting here, approved lease agreements with energy companies that will bring in nearly $4.7 million in bonus payments and a yet undetermined amount of royalties.
Bats gone for 100 years?
If you see a little brown bat this summer, you might want to take a picture of it.
Deer-baiting change to fight Lyme, ticks
Baiting is not just a more effective way to kill deer in urban situations. It’s a way to make them healthier, too.
Continental duck numbers decline, but levels still high
If you like ducks, and you like water, then there’s little objectionable in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual report on breeding ducks and habitat conditions.
Fewer drums heard in state grouse survey
Ruffed grouse populations in the state are still on their way down.
After taking new tack, House passes farm bill
Bill agreed to by U.S. House doesn’t include controversial food stamp title
A new perspective on Lyme
Seeing the disease up close is an eye-opening experience
