Hunting
Early bow kill up 4 percent
Columbus – Ohio bowhunters killed 53,959 deer during the first six weeks of the state’s archery season. According to the DNR Division of Wildlife, this year’s early archery season harvest is 4 percent higher than
State still tops for deer-vehicle collisions
Harrisburg – Despite a nearly decade-long deer-herd-reduction program implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion, the state still leads the nation in deer-vehicle collisions, according to the nation’s leading auto insurer.
‘Steelhead Alley’ thunders with fresh-run fighting tributary fish
Ashtabula, Ohio – Recent rains and a late fall chill have combined to move steelhead deep into the rivers of Northeast Ohio. Warmer weather is moving more fishermen out to those creeks and rivers, and
Jackson Co. woman’s multi-year quest ends with a 184-class buck
Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored
Mont. deer, elk season ends with higher numbers
Bozeman, Mont. (AP) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department officials say fewer hunters got deer and elk during the last weekend of hunting season, but the total number of deer and elk killed this
Hunters struggling to fill deer tags in S.D.
Spearfish, S.D. (AP) – Hunters say they aren’t seeing a lot of deer this hunting season despite increased activity. Many attribute the lower numbers to mountain lions and the long winter. Justin Raber, owner of
Was record Cannon Falls 8-pointer shot with gun?
Red Wing, Minn. – The 8-point Goodhue County buck, allegedly poached by 32-year-old Troy A. Reinke, of Cannon Falls, just may have been shot with a rifle rather than a bow, as Reinke initially told
Ill. hunter gets 25-point buck with Google’s help
Edwardsville, Ill. (AP) – It took Google Earth, a little deer psychology and a freak shot for a bow hunter in southern Illinois to bring down one of the largest deer in the state so
