Hunting
Opener hunters tag 125,000 whitetails
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The number of deer taken by bowhunters is up 20 percent over this time last year. Hunters during the early season for antlerless deer in the middle
Bear hunters report ’06 was banner year
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — According to officials around the state, it looks like Michigan bear hunters had a banner season. Although the official harvest numbers won’t be available for a while, there
NRC expected to approve new spring turkey regs
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — Getting and using a turkey permit should be easier next spring, with changes proposed by the DNR to the Natural Resources Commission that oversees it. The NRC was
Study shows hunting’s impact on woodcock
By Bill Parker Editor Roscommon, Mich. — Biologists and hunters have speculated for years about what impact managed hunting has on the American woodcock population. With the continental population in a slow but steady decline
Report: Plan means more lead in lakes
Muskegon, Mich. (AP) — The Coast Guard would become one of the largest sources of the toxic metal lead entering the Great Lakes if it goes through with a plan to create 34 live-fire weapons-training
NRB OKs new rules for hound training
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Natural Resources Board approved changes in the Wisconsin Administrative Code involving the use of captive wild animals for hound dog training and large acreage training enclosures at its
Disease threat slows transport of fish, bait
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul — A ban imposed by the USDA on the importation of several fish species from a number of Great Lakes has left several aquaculture farmers in limbo, and
Strange harvest: Youth’s first deer not a whitetail
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Chester, N.Y. – Every hunter has a story to tell about the first deer they shot. Chestertown (Warren County) resident Ethan Moffitt, 17, is lucky he has pictures as proof
