Hunting
SD: State Parks Celebrate the New Year with First Day Hikes
PIERRE, S.D. – Start the New Year off right with a nature hike. Four South Dakota State Parks are hosting hikes on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative.
All SD State Parks Recognized for Outstanding Customer Service
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Office of Tourism recently named 62 Game, Fish and Parks Department entities as recipients of the 2011 Great Service STAR Program. All South Dakota state parks, recreation areas, nature
Politicians enter the argument over deer
Depending on your outlook, of course, it is either a really good thing or a very bad development that elected officials — politicians — are trying to get involved in or interfere with wildlife management
DNR confirms muzzleloader dates
Columbus – Governor John Kasich on Dec. 21 issued an emergency rule reiterating that the statewide muzzleloader season for deer is Jan. 7-10, as published in the 2011-12 Ohio Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet. The
MN: L-SOHC pitches $97 million worth of projects
St. Paul – The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council has finalized its latest round of funding recommendations – 30 projects totalling more than $97 million. The council recommends how funds from the habitat portion of the
MN: Ice abounds, albeit some not in fishable condition
Wayzata, Minn. – You can go anywhere in the state and find walkable, fishable ice. But it doesn’t seem to matter what direction you head, you’ll also find a few lakes with some problematic ice
MI: Salmon season is solid on Michigan
DNR announces plans to reduce stocks in Huron Lansing – While anglers fishing one Great Lake caught outstanding numbers of salmon, those fishing another made only average catches. Lake Michigan produced plenty of coho salmon,
PA: Bill to create a doe harvest panel
Harrisburg – At the behest of the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, the Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League and its wildlife-management consultant John Eveland, a state representative has written legislation that would result in fewer antlerless deer
PA: Westmoreland County buck may be a record
Greensburg, Pa. – Scott Fassinger’s long-term goal is a big one: He wants to shoot the next world-record white-tailed deer. That’s a tall task, he admits. And he should know. He’s taken lots of record-book
