Hunting
Nuisance animal control company owner pleads guilty to overlimit of deer
The owner of a nuisance animal control company that was providing deer removal services for the city of Burnsville has plead guilty to illegally taking 13 deer from a national wildlife refuge next to city
MN: Shooting to start in CWD area
St. Paul – Landowners in the area where a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease likely will begin shooting animals as early as this week. As that effort begins, the DNR also will
MN: Letter to lawmakers: Don’t fill hole in General Fund with Legacy dollars
St. Paul – As lawmakers stare down a $6.2 billion state budget deficit, there’s concern among conservation and environmental groups that some legislators may be tempted to use money from the Legacy Amendment to make
MI: Hunting accidents trending downward
Lansing – The number of hunting-related firearms accidents continued its downward trend in 2010, despite a spike in fatalities, according to a document released last week by the state DNRE. The total number of firearms
MI: Salmon demise bites charters
Harrisville, Mich. – A new study shows the collapse of the chinook salmon fishery in Lake Huron has equated to millions of dollars in losses for charter boat operators and port cities in recent years.
MI: State again set to stock Great Lakes muskies
Lansing – State fisheries officials plan to stock as many as 20,000 native Great Lakes muskies this year after a series of disease-related delays set the program back a decade. Department of Natural Resources and
PA: Bassbusters don’t like new river regs
Harrisburg – Tournament anglers Jan. 25 told the Pennsylvania Board of Fish & Boat Commissioners that they are not the bad guys in the plight of the smallmouth bass population in the lower Susquehanna River
PA: Picture this: Computer scores buck’s antlers
Greensburg, Pa. – Some deer, like fish, are prone to shrinkage. See them while small-game hunting, out the truck window or in the glow of a spotlight, and they can look huge, like record-book quality
PA: More forest data is needed in state
Harrisburg – Since he retired as head of policy for the state’s largest landowner four years ago, Rick Carlson has been spending more time in Penn’s Woods. After 20 years with the Pennsylvania Department of
