Hunting
NY: South harvest decent
Hunter deaths in Cortland, Orleans Albany – It was breezy kickoff to the Southern Zone firearms deer season last month, but that didn’t mean hunters’ chances of connecting on a buck or antlerless deer were
NY: E-Licensing plan sparks concerns
Albany – A plan to roll DEC’s sporting license system into the statewide multi-agency Enterprise E-Licensing project has, thus far, brought more questions than answers. And the proposal, part of outgoing Gov. David Paterson’s Shared
WI: State gun deer take recovers, somewhat
Madison – Preliminary numbers for the just-ended 2010 gun deer season show Wisconsin hunters harvested 218,144 whitetails, an increase of 11 percent statewide from 2009. All told, hunters registered 102,006 bucks (a 17-percent increase) while
IL: CWD toolbox gets another big wrench
Springfield – As Illinois hunters cross fingers during yet another season of testing, Canadian scientists continue to work on what they believe to be a potential vaccine for chronic wasting disease. At a workshop in
IL: Lawmakers at all levels tackling Asian carp
Chicago – In the ongoing Asian carp case, legislation continues to pile up restricting hand-ling of the dangerous fish. The U.S. House of Represent-atives adopted a bill Dec. 1 that makes it a criminal offense
MN: DNR fees, license structure under review
St. Paul – Earlier this year, lawmakers were debating a bill that would have increased the cost of a fishing license. DNR officials didn’t lend their support and said they instead wanted to look comprehensively
Shotgun deer harvest totals off by less than 1,000 from 2009
Hunters killed 98,700 deer during the seven-day firearm deer season, which wrapped up this past weekend. That’s just shy of the 99,419 taken during shotgun season last year. The second shotgun weekend (Dec. 2-5) ended
Cold weather kicks off WI Ice fishing season
Cold weekend weather helped firm up ice in many parts of Wisconsin to kick off what is often some of the best fishing of the hard water season, state fish biologists say. “Early ice fishing
Comprehensive clean water rules go into effect in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has taken an important step in reining in the phosphorus pollution that fuels toxic algae, excessive weed growth and murky water in many lakes and rivers as comprehensive pollution measures go into effect this
