Hunting
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
Gregoire buck likely not a record
Sheboygan Falls, Wis. -_Michael Gregoire’s monster Sheboygan County buck arrowed Nov. 5 set off a firestorm of speculation on whether it was big enough to surpass the famed Jordan buck as the new No. 1
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
