Hunting
Turkey proposal sparks debate
Madison – Mike Rogers says it no longer matters whether it was legislators or hunters who came up with a proposal to drastically change the spring turkey season; now that the bill is out in
DNR, MDHA eye feeding ban, poaching penalty hike
St. Paul – The DNR wants to make it illegal for people to feed wildlife recreationally from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 each year. It also wants to increase the penalties for hunters caught hunting
Debate over bear bill to expand hound hunting heats up
Madison – It remains to be seen just what the Senate Natural Resources Committee will do with a black bear bill that would expand hound hunting, but testimony last Thursday made it clear that many
Road kill bill on the move
Madison – A proposal to relax the rules on picking up road-killed bears, turkeys, and many small-game species recently passed the Assembly, and it could become a law by spring. Assembly Bill 548 would allow
Big fish! Age of record-setting Wisconsin sturgeon?
Oshkosh, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin wildlife official says a record-setting sturgeon speared over the weekend may have been more than 100 years old. Ron Bruch, a fisheries supervisor with the Wisconsin DNR says officials
Sportsmen scrutinize bonding bill
St. Paul – By this time next week, a bonding bill could have been passed out of the House and Senate, and be on Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s desk, awaiting his signature and, perhaps, his veto
No turnaround for moose in the northeast
Grand Rapids, Minn. – The decline in northeast Minnesota’s moose population continues. There are an estimated 5,528 moose in that part of the state, according to aerial survey results the DNR released this week. Last
DCNR forestry chief blasts PGC plan
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s decision to cut back on doe-hunting seasons in four management units might make many hunters happy, but it didn’t please the state’s top forester.
Wolf-poaching cases spike in U.P.
Marquette, Mich. – A series of recent wolf-poaching incidents across the Great Lakes region has raised concerns of officials at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A dramatic increase in wolf killings in the Upper
