Hunting
Parks funding cut out of state budget
Dayton, Ohio (AP) Dayton, Ohio (AP) – The state budget provided little help to the agency that runs Ohio’s parks and wildlife programs, currently facing a half-billion-dollar maintenance backlog. About the best news for the
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.
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.
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.
Hunt supporters back feds in wolf lawsuit
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Supporters of proposed public hunts of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are intervening in a federal court case brought by environmentalists who want to stop the hunts. The federal government
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
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.
