Hunting
MI DNR: Internet speculation on St. Martin deer case overblown
Menominee, Mich. – Photographs of an Upper Peninsula of Michigan island buck pole heavy with whitetail bucks that flew around Internet sites and e-mails captivated hunters across North America and sparked a debate as to
Action sought on wolf management
Ely, Minn. – Dogs killed by timber wolves. Wolves wandering across the city hall parking lot in Ely, dragging garbage bags down the street, or lurking near pets on the city’s outskirts. Those are citizens’
State officials mull next five years for Leech Lake
Walker, Minn. – It’s been a dynamic past five years for one of northern Minnesota’s most renowned fisheries, Leech Lake. Now it’s time to look ahead. A crash in the walleye population, followed by a
Deer-hunting reports are mixed like usual
Pittsburgh – It may be three months before the Pennsylvania Game Commission reveals a tally of hunter report cards, but early reviews of this year’s firearms deer season are mixed.
Researchers learn how invasives assault forest
University Park, Pa. – Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road maintenance
Few facts emerge in fatal hunter shooting
Punxsutawney, Pa. – A man killed in a recent shootout with bear hunters near here in Jefferson County had lost his concealed-carry permit over a road-rage incident with a trucker in 2006, although it was
Migrating whooping crane fatally shot in W. Indiana
Cayuga, Ind. (AP) – Wildlife officials say an endangered whooping crane was fatally shot in western Indiana during its migration south. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the crane was last seen alive Nov.
Asian carp gets attention of Ohio fishery managers
Columbus – Word spread fairly quickly when Asian carp might have breached an electrical barrier in Chicago that could lead the voracious fish straight into the Great Lakes. Alarmed Ohio fisheries managers hope the carp’s
