Hunting
DNR hires a new grouse specialist
Aitkin, Minn. – The DNR has a new grouse coordinator. Ted Dick, who’s been with the DNR for nearly 10 years as the assistant area wildlife manager in Baudette, began the new position last week.
Quail flush for a return
Godfrey, Ill. – No sane quail hunter expects Illinois to ever return to the glory days of the 1950s, when annual harvests averaged around 2.5 million birds. Or even the 1980s, when numbers were around
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
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
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
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
