Hunting
MN: Invasive zebra mussels ‘booming’ in Mille Lacs
Zebra mussel numbers increase from last year Aitkin, Minn. – DNR officials expected to see an increase in zebra mussels in Lake Mille Lacs this year. The extent of the increase, however, may have caught
MN: Small-game harvest is mixed bag
St. Paul – The news about the number of people who hunted ducks in Minnesota last fall, while not unexpected, is also not good. According to the DNR’s annual small-game hunter harvest survey, the state
MI: Optimism high for bear hunt
Marquette, Mich. – If you were successful in the drawing for a 2011 bear-hunting license and haven’t yet begun preparing for the upcoming season, you better get cracking if you want to increase your chances
MI: More timber harvest is sought for forests
Iron Mountain, Mich. – Counties and towns in northern Michigan and Wisconsin intend to “coordinate” their way to more timber sales on national forest land, or take back national forest lands and put that acreage
MI: State eyes reduction in Huron stocking
Lansing – Recent changes in the fishery in Lake Huron have been well documented. First, there was the alewife crash in 2004 – blamed mostly on the influx of invasive zebra and quagga mussels. Then,
PA: DCNR relents: Philipsburg club range finally reopens
Leadership change at state paved way for shooting Northcentral Correspondent Philipsburg, Pa. – The report of fine shotguns can once again be heard echoing through Moshannon State Forest as Philipsburg Rod and Gun Club members
OH: Trappers could see some changes in 2011-2012
Columbus – Ohio trappers will have some new rules to discuss when they meet for their annual convention Sept. 9-11 in London, Ohio. The Ohio Wildlife Council heard the first reading of proposed rule changes
OH: Quail numbers in Ohio fared much better than expected
Ashley, Ohio – June’s “whistle call” survey of Ohio’s bobwhite quail showed little population change from 2010, despite earlier reports of high winter mortality among the game birds. According to wildlife biologist Nathan Stricker of
OH: Cormorant cull running on Lake Erie
Wildlife authorities killed 3,500 birds this spring Oak Harbor, Ohio – Ohio wildlife authorities continue to cull double crested cormorants from several Lake Erie islands, killing more than 3,500 of the birds this spring. The
