Hunting
Border waters beckon as season’s ice melts away
By Mike KallokStaff Writer Brainerd, Minn. – Ice fishing opportunities are melting quickly, and any weekend plans should involve a boat or some sturdy planks – and the expectation that travel will be on foot
Bait prices are a big concern on Lake Erie
Rules related to VHS could drive up bait shop prices By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – The biggest casualty of the current fish virus scare on Lake Erie will likely be the bait dealers who do
TV report featuring HSUS draws ire of state trappers
By Tom Watts Correspondent Otsego, Mich. – Charlie Brown Sr. is an experienced Michigan trapper who denounces the illegal practice of skinning animals alive. Brown, 59, of Otsego, was outraged after a report aired on
Latest resource funding bill moves in committee
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor St. Paul – As if to prove that a plan to dedicate funds to natural resources is a concept that’s in a constant state of evolution, a Senate committee last Saturday
State’s moose population falls
As numbers drop, opportunities for hunting tumble, too By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor St. Paul – A poor showing by northeastern Minnesota moose in the most recent DNR survey along with discouraging results from a five-year
PGC: Deer harvest similar to last year
Hunters kill 361,560: Reporting rates now hover around 37% By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – Response from the leaders of two statewide sportsmen’s groups to a report from the Pennsylvania Game Commission that hunters killed
Waters guru tackles DNR operations post
By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor St. Paul – The DNR this week announced it had filled a position vacated a few months ago by longtime assistant commissioner of operations Brad Moore, who now heads the Minnesota
House set to commence dedicated funding talks
By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – The wait is over. The state House appears on the verge of tackling the idea of a constitutional dedication of funds for natural resources. House Majority Leader Tony
Catskills tops low bear take
Staff report Albany – New York’s bear hunting seems to be undergoing a transition. Empire State hunters are still bagging bruins with some regularity, but the harvests are shifting a bit from some of the
