Hunting
Grouse survey shows a flush an hour
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – New York grouse hunters may have had a slightly better season in 2005 than in 2004, if data from the second year of a hunter survey is any indication.
Suffolk range will stay open, but lawsuit lingers
Staff report Yaphank, N.Y. – Suffolk County lawmakers have shot down a resolution calling for the closure of a shooting range here in Southaven County Park. A lawsuit seeking to shut down the range still
PGC ponders geese regs changes
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Although federal wildlife officials this summer removed nearly all restraints on killing resident geese – allowing states such as Pennsylvania to come to grips with nuisance geese problems –
150 dead deer, 11 convicted in poaching cases
By Mike Moore Editor Xenia, Ohio — On the eve of another deer hunting season, wildlife officers and investigators in southwest Ohio made one of the state’s biggest poaching arrests in history. In all, 11
Archery deer forecast looks bright
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul – The continuing trend of mild winters has been good for deer – and other species – and that should again translate to fine deer hunting in the
Top fish management posts changing faces
By Mike Moore Editor Columbus — The leadership in the fisheries section of the DNR Division of Wildlife will look much different in October. Gary Isbell, the division’s fish management and research chief in Columbus,
Deer testing to resume; ban on feeding coming
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – The DNR, once again, is planning to test for disease in some of the deer that hunters kill this fall, and is working on a rule that
Solon looks to thin deer herd again
Solon, Ohio (AP) — This Cleveland suburb is again seeking ways to thin its deer population after a sharpshooting program killed more than 1,000 animals the past two years. The city’s safety and public property
