Hunting
Congress committee readies for dedicated funding effort
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — State legislators who hate messing with sales tax reallocation ideas better hide, because the Conservation Congress Alternate Funding Committee is going to be hunting for a bill sponsor for
Brookie mark unchanged
Staff report Ray Brook, N.Y. — New York’s state record brook trout didn’t climb to the 5-pound mark as some DEC officials anticipated this fall. But, says one DEC fisheries biologist, that doesn’t mean 5-pound
CWD checks top 800
By Steve Piatt Editor Rome, N.Y. — DEC officials are pleased with the cooperation of successful deer hunters who have been taking their whitetails to a mandatory CWD testing facility within the established containment area.
Scientists say CWD may be here already
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — The big question about chronic wasting disease is no longer if it will show up in Pennsylvania, but rather when and where, according to scientists who say
Historic season to open in southeast
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa. — When the firearms deer season opens Nov. 28, hunters in the southeast region will embark on the longest season in state history. The antlered and antlerless season
Walleye population big on Huron’s Saginaw Bay
By Bill Parker Editor Saginaw, Mich. — There’s good news coming from biologists studying the fisheries in Lake Huron. Following this summer’s dismal report on the problems with the alewife and salmon populations in Lake
Muskie group challenges 69-11 world record fish
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor Hayward, Wis. – When you’re on top, you’ll likely have someone shooting for you. A muskie caught more than 50 years ago is no exception. A group that calls itself
Pitt on the lookout for ‘girlie-man’ river fish
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — Anglers on western Pennsylvania rivers are fishing for science. The Highland Park Dam – one of the Allegheny River’s hottest spots – has become a field lab of
Opener hunters kill about 100,000 deer
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Perham, Minn. – Though Gov. Tim Pawlenty saw a doe and a fawn opening morning of deer hunting, he admitted to getting ‘buck fever’ and wound up not shooting anything.
