Hunting
1 dead, 1 shot in dispute over bear hunting in Pa.
Summerville, Pa. (AP) – An argument over trespassing apparently sparked a shootout in rural northern Pennsylvania Tuesday that left a landowner dead and a member of a bear hunting party hospitalized with a gunshot wound,
Online hunting licenses surge in W.Va.
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Treasurer John Perdue says the purchase of hunting licenses online is growing in popularity. Perdue’s office processed roughly 9,000 licenses online since last weekend, bringing the state more than
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
Harvest down as deer hunt wraps up
St. Paul – The firearms deer kill in the state continues to lag behind last year’s pace. Through the third weekend of hunting, hunters had killed just more than 151,000 whitetails, which is about 12
Early reports indicate good bear season
Madison – Judging by preliminary harvest reports, Wisconsin’s 2009 black bear season was one to remember, with 3,907 bear registration stubs counted through Nov. 16. That number will increase as more stubs are tallied. The
As expected, Doyle vetoes secretary bill
Madison – Friday the 13th was not a good day for Wisconsin outdoorsmen, some conservation groups are saying. That was the day Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed Assembly Bill 138 which would have returned appointment authority
Minnesota loses 61K acres of CRP in ’09
St. Paul – The slow drain on the federal Conservation Reserve Program continued this fall in Minnesota – and nationwide – as the state lost an estimated 61,000 program acres, according to the USDA’s Farm
Spring 2010: a turkey license for all hunters
Madelia, Minn. – With the exception of two years in the mid-1980s, the number of permits available for the spring turkey season has increased each year since the first season was held in 1978. Yet
Pheasant season: the best yet to come?
St. Paul – By most accounts, the pheasant-hunting season in Minnesota thus far has been a slow one: thank the weather, and subsequent standing corn. While still lagging behind schedule, corn harvest in the state’s
