Hunting
Some fish stocking suspended for 2007
By Yvonne Swager Correspondent Lansing – Michigan DNR walleye, pike, and muskie production and stocking has been suspended for a year because of a fatal fish disease. The presence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), detected
Forest studies show some regeneration
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – How will the Game Commission know when it’s time to ease up on the state’s deer herd? That question has been asked time and again over the last
New VHS rules in effect in Wisconsin
By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor St. Paul – If anglers from Minnesota visit Wisconsin this spring, they’ll need to follow a whole new set of guidelines brought about by the threat of a fish disease that’s
Steelhead run is sizzling
By Kenny Darwin Correspondent Wellston, Mich. – State steelhead fishermen are doing back-flips because fishing action across the state has improved with recent warm weather. Further, Michigan has had plenty of rain. ‘All our rivers
Satisfaction wanes for duck hunters in state
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor St. Paul – In 1999, hunters bought nearly 130,000 state waterfowl stamps. Last year, that figure dropped below 100,000. It’s not just waterfowl stamp sales that are on the decline in
Sportsman’s leader new DNR deputy
Another deputy director named interim wildlife chief By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – An influential leader of the U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance was among three deputy directors named by DNR Director Sean Logan. Anthony J. Celebrezze III
Probe finds many wild hogs in state
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Altoona, Pa. – The genie might be out of the bottle. That’s the way a federal official who headed up a $60,000 investigation into Pennsylvania’s wild hog population over the winter
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.
