Hunting
Early reports: firearms deer license sales down from ’08
Madison – As of Nov. 1, the total sales of resident gun deer licenses was 14 percent less than the number of gun licenses sold at the same time last year. However, the number of
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
Idaho extends wolf hunt 3 more months
Boise, Idaho (AP) – Hunters will have three more months to hunt wolves in Idaho. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to stretch the season to March 31, 2010 in the Panhandle, Palouse-Hells
Idaho shuts another wolf hunting zone
Boise, Idaho (AP) – State officials say hunters have reached their limit for killing wolves in a hunting zone in northern Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday closed the Dworshak-Elk City
2 AZ men fined for illegal hunting practices
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – Two Willcox men cited a combined 22 times for illegal hunting practices have been fined $12,500 and had their hunting and fishing privileges either suspended or revoked by the Arizona Game
Signs point to fewer deer as Wis. gun season nears
Madison, Wis. (AP) – All signs indicate hunters will find fewer deer on the landscape when the Wisconsin gun deer season opens Saturday. “The deer population is definitely down,” said Rick Weide, Department of Natural
Deer wanton waste gets COs’ attention
Tower, Minn. – The actions of hunters sometimes bewilder the state’s conservation officers. Case in point: CO Dan Starr, of Tower, on Monday checked a group of hunters in northern Minnesota who’d harvested three bucks.
Cross Fork Creek flap tests PF&BC resolve
Cross Fork, Pa. – Can the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission bring peace to Cross Fork Creek without selling its resource-first agenda down the river?
Crossbows boost archery stamp sales only slightly
Harrisburg – An often-repeated prediction by many who opposed the use of crossbows in the statewide archery deer-hunting season – that legions of new “bow” hunters would flood the woods – did not come true
