Hunting
DEC may create 7-day harvest report window
Albany – Hunters who harvest a deer, bear or turkey would have seven days – instead of the current 48 hours – to report their kill under regulations proposed by the DEC. The regulations change
Fishermen upset by carp contract administration
Springfield – Upset with the way lucrative government contracts for catching Asian carp on Chicago-area waterways were handed out, a group of commercial fishermen is speaking up. Tony Pate said he’s speaking for a group
Fishing license sales take 11% dip
Albany – New York fishing license sales took an expected double-digit dive in 2009-10 on the heels of a fee increase a year earlier. And not surprisingly, a big chunk of that decline came in
State’s hunting digest cries wolf, not bear
Springfield – Don’t feed the bears! Don’t shoot a wolf! Don’t coddle cougars! One of the above warnings actually makes an unusually big and bold appearance on Page 29 of the 2010-11 Illinois Digest of
DNR to survey waterfowlers after 2010-11 season ends
Bemidji, Minn. – As it does every few years, the DNR will survey waterfowl hunters after the upcoming season. It will ask about duck hunters’ experiences and from where they derive their satisfaction as it
EPA shoots down lead ammo ban petition
Washington – Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week denied a request filed by a number of groups to ban the production and distribution of lead hunting ammunition, saying the agency lacked legal
Archers set to take aim on Sept. 18
Madison – A mild winter, no earn-a-buck outside the chronic wasting disease units last year, and a 2009 gun season opener that likely saved more deer than usual are among the reasons to be optimistic
Lake Michigan trap-netting fishery sparks sportfishing safety concern
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – Sport fishing groups along with the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation are seeking an emergency closure of commercial trap net fishing in June, July, and August off the central Wisconsin coast on Lake
Groups seek lead ban for fishing weights, ammo
Washington, D.C. – Several organizations, calling themselves “a coalition of conservation, hunting, and veterinary groups” recently filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calling for a ban on the use of toxic lead
