Hunting
‘Can’ estimate of 500,000 would allow one bird per day
Stevens Point, Wis. – Federal biologists are going to have see at least 500,000 canvasbacks in the spring population estimate in order to offer Midwestern hunters a one-bird bag limit during the 2009 season. Want
State COs assist in flooding zone
Fort Ripley, Minn. – Flood waters may have been retreating in the flood-ravaged Red River Valley near Fargo-Moorhead this week, but members of the Minnesota DNR – among them, about 50 conservation officers – remained
Virginia hunter killed in accidental shooting
Bedford, Va. (AP) – Bedford County authorities say a 71-year-old hunter was killed when his shotgun went off accidentally. Sheriff’s Maj. Ricky Gardner says Elisha Cheek Jr. was groundhog hunting Tuesday morning when he apparently
No legs, yet, for federal gun-control bill
Washington, D.C. – Two members of the Wisconsin federal delegation said they will not support gun-control legislation known as the “Blair Holt bill,” and one state senator said the bill has no chance of passing.
Sandhill crane survives arrow, will be freed in Wisconsin
Milwaukee (AP) – A sandhill crane that was captured in central Wisconsin with an arrow through her body is due to be released after what a veteran bird rehabilitator calls a truly amazing recovery. Bird
Alaska considers hunt rules to protect rare bird
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – A diminutive sea duck with a white head and blue wings could bring restrictions to one of the last virtually unregulated hunting grounds in America. Inupiat Eskimos on Alaska’s northern coast
Va landowner, hunt club at odds over hunting dogs
Isle of Wight, Va. (AP) – A state law granting hunters access to private property to retrieve their dogs is at the center of a court dispute in southeastern Virginia. At a hearing Tuesday in
Danish investors buy New York state land
Albany, New York (AP) – A conservation group says it’s selling 92,000 acres (37,000 hectares) of forest land in the Adirondack Mountains to a Danish pension fund committed to environmentally responsible forestry. The land sold
