Hunting
MN: State contemplating ban on deer feeding on North Shore
St. Paul – In recent years, the DNR has banned recreational deer feeding in 4,000 square miles of northwest Minnesota, and four southeastern counties. In both cases, it has done so to reduce the risk
MN: Goodbye northwest moose?
Roosevelt, Minn. – As part of her job as manager of the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area, Gretchen Mehmel often talks to young people in the northwest about topics related to wildlife. But if she
WI: Grasping pelican numbers, effects on fish is not easy
Madison – The big white bird about which a famous limerick was written – and falsely attributed to humor poet Ogden Nash – has survived despite the literary error, and seems to be doing quite
WI: Six ducks, three zones, 60 days for ’11
Spring Green, Wis. – The good old days of duck hunting are right now, considering that hunters will get a 60-day season with a six-duck daily bag limit in three duck zones, as approved by
WI: State code for launch fee spending lacks teeth
Madison – The Wisconsin Administrative Code that specifies how fees collected at public boat launches should be spent may lack any power of enforcement, because it’s not a part of state statutes. Even if the
NY: Small and getting smaller
Small-game hunting declines, but still popular Albany – There’s no question small-game hunting remains very popular among New York sportsmen and women. But it’s also clear that the size of that hunting fraternity has dwindled
NY: Bills will trump DEC regs
Amendment bans crossbows in Cortland County; ARs added to portion of 3A Albany – A pair of bills passed by state lawmakers have apparently trumped DEC’s regulatory authority and could lead to confusion among some
IL: Conservation budget could be disasterous for wildlife
Washington – Hunters and anglers may have thought that things couldn’t get any worse with government budget cuts, but the proposed federal budget from the U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee is just that – worse. The
IL: State park opened to coal mining
Pinckneyville, Ill. – The state’s largest state park – some call it a jewel for hunters and anglers – will be opened to coal mining. Gov. Pat Quinn earlier this month signed into law a
