Hunting
Tapeworm is found in Saginaw Bay walleyes
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. – They won’t hurt you, and they probably don’t much hurt the walleyes to which they’re attached. But gosh, are they ugly! They’re tapeworms, and Saginaw Bay walleyes
Protection of public hunting lands sought
By Bill Parker Editor Lake Orion, Mich. – Negotiations for tribal inland hunting and fishing rights covered under the Treaty of 1836 could be coming to a head this summer. State, federal, and tribal representatives
Antlerless permit increases proposed
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – The DNR’s Wildlife Division presented the state Natural Resources Commission with a proposal to increase slightly the number of antlerless deer permits available to hunters for the 2007 hunting
Turkey take down 7 percent
DNR, Staff reports Athens, Ohio – Hunters checked 17,005 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 20, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents a 7
The push for ‘Sodsaver’ kicking off
By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Washington – A provision that might slow the conversion of native prairie grasses to active farmland has been slow to catch on in Congress, but has the support of the USDA,
One-scaup bag limit possible by this fall
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Bemidji, Minn. – A recent proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could have the effect of reducing the daily bag limit of scaup to one as early as this
Hudson’s hot day: two state records
By Steve PiattEditor Albany – May 9 was a good day to be fishing on the Hudson River. That’s when a pair of state record fish were caught – a 55-pound, 6-ounce striped bass boated
New ‘clean water’ bill introduced in Congress
By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Washington – A Minnesota Congressman is leading an effort to restore protection of waters he and conservation groups believe were stripped by Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006. U.S. Rep.
Stamp program under fire as allocations loom for ’07
By Steve PiattEditor Albany – An initial round of Habitat/Access Stamp program grants has some sportsmen complaining that the money isn’t going where it’s being generated. In addition, some hunters and anglers questioned the validity
