Hunting
Another great handicapped hunt for deer at Muddy Run
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa. — Darryl Yost doesn’t get around as well as he used to. Muscular dystrophy has severely reduced the 61-year-old Hatboro, Montgomery County, resident’s ability to control his legs.
A good start for state deer hunt
St. Paul — After the first three days of the firearms deer season, hunters appear to be on their way to a quarter million-animal harvest. Through Monday, hunters had electronically registered about 91,200 deer, which
Elbow Lake man killed during ’07 deer opener
Camp Ripley, Minn. — A 60-year-old Elbow Lake man died of a gunshot wound on Minnesota’s Nov. 3 deer-hunting opener this year. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Craig Rupp, who was a Grant
EHD episode hoped to be over by gun opener
By Mike MooreEditor Athens, Ohio — Ohio deer hunters are not out of the woods just yet in terms of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease epidemic that has swept through the Midwest this summer and now
Miami County officer resigns amid probe
By Frank HincheyContributing Writer Xenia, Ohio — A DNR Division of Wildlife law enforcement officer assigned to Miami County resigned Oct. 25 amid a state and federal criminal investigation of a baited mourning dove field.
617-pound bear illegally killed; man fined $1,500
Glen Spey, N.Y. – A big bear carried a big fine for a West Nyack man who shot the 617-pound bruin while illegally hunting over a bait pile last month. DEC Environmental Conservation Officer Lt.
National port-security law could affect fishing guides
St. Paul – Some of the state’s fishing guides could be affected by a rule meant to boost security at the nation’s ports. Under legislation Congress passed last year, anyone with a Coast Guard-issued license
VHS rules push statewide
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – New rules aimed at preventing the spread of VHS were approved last week and now affect every fisherman in the state. At its Oct. 24 meeting, the Natural Resources
