Hunting
Venison donations are up over last year’s total
DNR Report – Columbus – Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 95,500 pounds of venison to local food banks so far this deer season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry and the
Deteriorating conditions for pheasants
Madelia, Minn. – The 2009-10 pheasant-hunting season is yet to draw to end, and already, state wildlife officials are concerned about next year’s crop of birds. The primary culprit is a winter storm that dumped
Stephens 18-point buck is bound for the record book
Clayton, Ohio – On Nov. 30, the opener of the statewide firearms season, 39 year-old Clayton, Ohio, resident Brian Stephens harvested a giant 18-point buck while hunting his 180-acre family owned farm in Highland County.
New ‘guide’ generates concern
St. Paul – Lawmakers from the state House say a new set of “legislative guidelines” is meant to guide spending of dedicated funds and establish oversight and accountability for those expenditures. Some conservation advocates, though,
Despite snow and water on ice, anglers hitting lakes
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Last week’s storm was the real deal, dropping 20 inches of snow in some areas. It was a wet, heavy blanket of white stuff that quickly changed ice conditions across the
4 ice-fishing tourneys are debuting in state
Greensburg, Pa. – Ice is no good on roads, no good on windshields, no good on sidewalks.
No charges filed after fatal hunter shootout
Punxsutawney, Pa. – A Summerville bear hunter who killed a property owner in a trespassing dispute will not be charged, according to Pennsylvania State Police, who said the shooting was determined to be justified.
Susquehanna River is tops in intersex bass
Harrisburg – If anyone needed more confirmation that the Susquehanna is in trouble, it came recently in a finding by federal scientists that the river has a higher percentage of “intersex” smallmouth bass than almost
Wyoming man pleads guilty to shooting bald eagle
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – A Northern Arapaho man pleaded guilty Tuesday in tribal court to killing a bald eagle in 2005 for use in his tribe’s Sun Dance. Winslow Friday, who is in his mid-20s,
