Hunting
PF&BC: Gas drillers should pay for water
Harrisburg – If no other government officials will step up to protect the quantity of the state’s precious water resources from deep-well natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners declared at their quarterly meeting here
Mysterious Lancaster attack yields no mountain lion yet
Christiana, Pa. – An Amish farmer said he shot one cougar and was attacked by another near his southern Lancaster County home Oct. 9. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials and state police used tracking dogs and
Hunters kill 111 moose during bulls-only season
Tower, Minn. – Hunters killed 111 bull moose during the season that ended Sunday, a decrease of four animals from last year. The season, held in permit areas in the northeastern part of the state,
Input sought on conservation stamp
Columbus – DNR Division of Wildlife officials are seeking the public’s input on the resurrection of a conservation stamp that was last sold in the 1970s. The idea is that purchase of the stamp would
Duck season could look different in the future
Columbus – While it might not always seem like it to the wet wader brigade, these are indeed the veritable “salad days” for Ohio waterfowl hunters. This fall opener, Oct. 18, marked the 12th straight
Outdoors broadcaster Tony Dean dies
Pierre, S.D. (AP)_ Tony Dean, a nationally known outdoor enthusiast who promoted South Dakota with his radio and television shows, has died. Dean died Sunday morning. He was 67. Dean, whose real name was Anthony
Duck hunters get 60 days, three woodies
DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – While breeding surveys of waterfowl proved to be about average this year, the hope is that Ohio’s duck hunting season is a bit above. The spring pond index for the
DNR: Ammo selection can lower lead levels
St. Paul – Lead fragments from some high-powered rifle ammunition travel farther into deer than hunters may have assumed, according to a DNR study released last week. The study also showed that hunters can reduce
