Hunting
MN: ’Tis the season: whitetail baiting complaints rising
Grand Marais, Minn. – The Legislature this year gave DNR conservation officers authority to cite or warn parents or guardians who knowingly allow juveniles to take game or fish illegally. The first citation issued under
MN: Whitetail hunters make up some ground
St. Paul – The firearms deer kill still is down from 2010, but second-weekend hunters made up for some of the opening-weekend deficit. The kill was down nearly 20 percent from last year after the
WI: Wallenfang back as DNR’s big-game ecologist
Madison – Green Lake County native Kevin Wallenfang is back at the DNR after a 10-year absence, this time as the agency’s new big-game ecologist. In that role he’ll work with the DNR’s deer, elk,
WI: Uncased gun law approved
Earn-a-buck law repealed Madison – When the 2011 Wisconsin gun deer season opens on Saturday, Nov. 19, hunters no longer will have to case their guns while transporting them in a vehicle, nor shoot a
NY: Debate over fracking’s effects on fish, wildlife
Elmira, N.Y. – As the debate over the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas rages in New York, sportsmen’s groups are watching with more than idle curiosity. New Yorkers concerned about the impact of
NY: State faces massive loss of federal funds
Conservation Fund can’t be raided, Interior Dept. says Albany – New York is still facing the loss of millions of dollars in federal funding unless lawmakers change state budget language that would allow a transfer
NY: Timing concerns create wrinkle for youth deer hunt
Deer disruption, safety concerns Albany – DEC’s proposal for a three-day youth deer hunt over the Columbus Day weekend generated both support and opposition among hunters and nonhunters. And while the department is still committed
IL: Poaching charges involve ‘trophies’
Springfield – High-dollar antlers are causing legal and ethical problems for hunters who covet and pursue them. Two separate major deer poaching cases came to light in a one-week period earlier this month, putting focus
IL: Strength in numbers; groups push conservation message
Washington – With Congress’s fledgling “super committee” currently considering major federal deficit reduction, a new coalition of some 1,000 groups and businesses have joined “in urging Congress to consider the economic impacts of the great
