Hunting
PGC excludes deer for year in youth hunt
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — After considerable debate, Pennsylvania Game commissioners decided to exclude deer hunting from its mentored youth hunting program for one year until the agency can assess the potential for additional
Dedicated funding debated in House
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – After several hours of debate and a multitude of amendments on the House floor, the House passed on a 78-to-55 vote a dedicated funding bill late Tuesday
Rally-goers push for funding compromise
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – For the second time in as many years, sportsmen and conservationists gathered on the steps of the state Capitol to push their legislative agenda. For the second
States, federal government to restore Midwest trout streams
By Tori J. McCormick Contributing Writer Madison, Wis. – Saying they hope to tap federal conservation programs to improve the long-term health of the region’s watersheds, the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, along
Opening day for trout may change
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent DuBois, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s opening day of trout season has pretty much existed in its current form for 57 years. It may not make it to 58. Pennsylvania Fish &
Serious drought may be developing across state
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — If you thought trout streams were lower than ever before on opening day, you were right. They were. You have to go back to the early 1980s
Reg changes greet open-water anglers
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — The ice is gone and winter has melted into spring. Open-water fishing season is upon us. Although walleyes and trout have been targeted by anglers plying the waters of
Authorities trap bear in area Ohioan was killed
By Rose French Associated Press Writer Nashville, Tenn. — A black bear was caught in a forest recreation area and euthanized so experts could determine whether it was the same animal that attacked a family
NRC pondering alteration of elk hunt boundaries
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Elk hunters taking part in the special early season hunt late this summer will have options if they sense they’re in the wrong spot, under regulations up
