Hunting
Cold making ice despite wind and snow
Detroit Lakes, Minn. – The good news is that ice has quickly taken hold across Minnesota. What’s uncertain is how much this week’s weather will affect the ability of anglers to fish that ice by
Late deer kill down, Zone 3 harvest increases
St. Paul – Muzzleloader deer hunters killed more bucks, but fewer antlerless deer, through the first nine days of this year’s season than they did in 2008. As of the beginning of the week, the
DNR goes with a 16-day gun whitetail deer hunt
DNR Reports Madison – A 16-day gun deer hunt starting the Saturday before the Thanksgiving holiday was the basis of a proposed 2010 deer season framework the DNR was scheduled to present to the Natural
Are bass hindering walleye spawn?
Hayward, Wis. – Are there too many largemouth bass? That’s the first thing DNR fisheries biologists in western and northwestern Wisconsin counties are trying to figure out. The second thing? What to do about it
Research shows 40-inch muskie size limit the right move
Madison – Muskie research shows that Wisconsin could increase its general statewide size limit from 34 to 40 inches if there is support for that move from sportsmen and fish managers within the DNR. “Muskie
Elk poacher loses hunting privileges for 5 years
Bonners Ferry, Idaho (AP) – A northern Idaho man who pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a bull elk out of season has been banned from hunting for five years. Thirty-two-year-old Dennis Butch Liermann
Suffolk nontypical one of New York’s best
Brookhaven, N.Y. — When Bjorn Holubar entered the woods late Monday afternoon on Oct. 26, he was hoping for a big buck. What he dragged out of the woods a few hours later far surpassed
Fishermen netting for Asian carp in Ill. channel
Chicago (AP) – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it could know sometime this week if fishermen caught any invasive Asian carp along a 5.5-mile stretch of Chicago’s Calumet Sag Channel. Commercial fishermen and
