Hunting
NRB debates hunting on Ice Age Trail land
Madison – The Legislature’s renewal of the Stewardship Fund has generated controversy about whether all the land it helped purchase should be open for hunting. That issue arose during talks about the management plan for
DNR: The turkey tag system will change
Madison – The fact that the DNR eventually sold almost 20,000 bonus turkey tags on that fateful day of Friday, March 28, is little consolation for the thousands of sportsmen who stood in line and
VHS concerns are demise of state’s ‘walleye wagons’
Madison – State conservation groups that have bolstered natural walleye spawning efforts each spring through their operation of lake-side “walleye wagons” will have to find a different way to make a conservation contribution this spring.
No special deer season slated for the northwest
Bemidji, Minn. – Efforts of local landowners, federal sharpshooters, and contracted marksmen who shot deer from a helicopter have taken enough deer that the state officials have called off a possible four-day special deer season
Doe hunting plan doubted by PGC
Harrisburg – At their meeting April 21-22, Pennsylvania game commissioners will either vote to implement or throw out controversial deer-season changes in four management units that they introduced at the January meeting. The outcome is
Biologists expect ‘average’ turkey hunt
Columbus – Ohio biologists are predicting that turkey hunters will experience an “average” season this spring. That’s the prediction of Dave Risley, the administrator for wildlife research and management for the DNR Division of Wildlife.
Lake Erie panel again lowers catch quotas
Sandusky, Ohio – Expect to see commercial fishing nets in the western basin of Lake Erie this summer, but they will not be landing yellow perch. And expect to see the daily sport angler creel
Deer harvest down 11% from last year
Harrisburg – Hunters killed 11 percent fewer deer last year than they did in 2006, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission harvest estimates. According to the numbers, released in late March, hunters killed 323,070 deer in
