Hunting
South Dakota pheasant brood count under way
Sioux FallsS, S.D. (AP) _ There’s no shortage of interest in South Dakota’s most popular bird count. Staff in Game, Fish and Parks Department offices are eager to volunteer, and hunters looking forward to October
USFWS: Duck numbers up across breeding grounds
Bemidji, Minn. – The number of ducks on the continent’s main breeding grounds increased 13 percent from last year and is 25 percent above the long-term average, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Austen abruptly ousted as PF&BC chief
Harrisburg – It took 18 months and loads of negotiations, but Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners finally got rid of an executive director they no longer wanted.
Goose bag limit jump unlikely after flyway meeting
Bemidji, Minn. – A proposal by the DNR to simplify Canada goose regulations and increase the daily bag limit across much of the state has run into a roadblock called the Mississippi Flyway Council. During
Game Department helps identify different fish
Laramie, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says many anglers need help identifying a hybrid fish called a “splake” that’s stocked in many lakes in the southeastern part of the state. Splake
License-display rule remains in question
Harrisburg – The display of hunting and fishing licenses has become a hot topic for Pennsylvania sportsmen, and it looks like the two agencies serving them may be going in different directions.
Kansas man crafts hunting bows
Wichita, Kan. (AP) – For a guy who loves the outdoors, Dave Beeler doesn’t get there very often. His weekdays are spent at Coleman and most of his evenings and weekends in his home workshop.
Walleye catch on Leech makes it ‘hottest lake in the state’
Walker, Minn. – Before the fortunes of Leech Lake’s walleye anglers plummeted earlier this decade, seasons in the late 1990s were considered pretty good. In 1998 and 1999, anglers who targeted walleyes specifically were catching
PGC backtracks on use of crossbows
Harrisburg – Reversing a decision the board made six months earlier, Pennsylvania Game commissioners voted 4-3 at their quarterly meeting here July 9 to sharply curtail the use of crossbows in the state’s archery deer-hunting
