Hunting
NWTF support of baiting is challenged
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison – The emergence of a new conservation group and its support for deer feeding and baiting has some sportsmen wondering whether the group is legitimate, or a smoke screen for
Third year of cormorant-culling at Leech to start
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Walker, Minn. – For the third year in a row, sharpshooters will target cormorants on Leech Lake. Last year, shooters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services killed 3,303 cormorants,
Deer ‘task force’ bill passes state Senate
By Steve PiattEditor Albany – A bill that would create a ‘deer mitigation task force’ to trim whitetail numbers in the Hudson Valley has passed the Senate and is under consideration by the state Assembly.
Deer-baiting busts hit all-time record
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor St. Paul – Statistics released last week by the DNR confirm what hunters and conservation officers have been saying for some time: Deer baiting in the state is on the rise.
PGC looks bad in flap over tame deer near Lancaster
By Ad Crable Contributing Writer Lancaster, Pa. – Against the backdrop of a huge public outcry, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said it will bend the rules and not kill a piebald deer a 90-year-old woman
Biologist: Plenty of jakes, 2-year-olds this season
By Jeffrey L. FrischkornContributing Writer Athens, Ohio – If wildlife biologists’ predictions come true, then thousands of Ohioans will walk out of the woods this spring with their Thanksgiving Day dinners slung over their shoulders.
Record flathead taken at Blue Marsh
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Boyertown, Pa. – James Shabrach Jr. spends a lot of nights fishing the spillway below Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County, but few of them end up like the night
Legislature to take up fee increase proposal
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Anglers’ 2006 fishing licenses expired on March 31, and anglers across the state have been out in force purchasing their 2007 licenses – without a controversial proposed fee increase
