Hunting
Conn. man accused of using lights to hunt deer
Seymour, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man has been charged with using a light to startle deer at night, then hunting them. Fifty-year-old Gustavao Useda of Waterbury is charged with possessing jacklight equipment after he
US duck numbers higher than normal
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Extra-wet conditions in the Dakotas and Montana resulted in a record-setting year for waterfowl in the United States and the projections for another 60-day duck season for Louisiana hunters. The
Pronghorn licenses down in N.D.
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Pronghorn licenses available for this fall’s hunting season in North Dakota are down nearly 50 percent from a year ago. The Game and Fish Department says the drop is due to
State sets September hunt for Canada geese
Waterbury, Vt. (AP) – Gearing up for the annual influx of migrating Canada geese, the state of Vermont has set dates for a statewide open hunt on the birds. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board
North Dakota deer lottery held
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s deer license lottery had 94,000 applicants, tying the record set in each of the last two years. The first lottery application process is for the deer gun, muzzleloader, youth
Wisconsin mink production dips but still leads nation
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s mink production has dipped slightly, but the state still leads the nation easily in that category. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin produced 910,000 mink pelts in 2008, down
Negotiations for Lake Vermilion state park at ‘impasse’
St. Paul – Two years ago, everything seemed in line for the shores of Lake Vermilion to be the home of Minnesota’s newest state park. Legislative approval in 2008 of $20 million in bonding money
Upper Red harvest double last summer’s total
Mille Lacs walleye anglers also doing somewhat better than last year Bemidji, Minn. – It’s amazing the difference a year and some new rules can make. State-licensed anglers fishing Upper Red Lake this year already
Festival to honor life of Tony Dean
Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean
