Hunting
Initial steps begin on deer SAK audit
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The steering committee assembled by the DNR to provide input on the audit of the Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) formula stacked up a large laundry list of issues when it met
North Lake access receives board OK
By Dan Durbin Correspondent Waukesha, Wis. — On Tuesday, May 24 the Waukesha County Board gave a big boost to the DNR’s North Lake boat launch efforts when it voted 17 to 14 to put
Operation cormorant cull tops 2,500; goal in sight
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Walker, Minn. – Wildlife officials are close to meeting their goal of culling 80 percent of the nesting cormorants from Little Pelican Island on Leech Lake. Federal sharpshooters have killed
Early doe season tops deer hunting changes
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Change is coming to a deer hunt near you. Some hunters will hunt under new experimental regulations, some will hunt antlerless deer a few weeks early, and
Persistent rains affect bird production
By Glen Schmitt Staff Writer But relatively dry in the Dakotas Nicollet, Minn. „ ItÍs been a six-week stretch of wet weather across most of Minnesota. Although heavy downpours and flooding havenÍt been a major
Turkey harvest down more than 800 birds
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – For the first time in 10 years, turkey hunters in the state didn’t set a harvest record during the spring season, which ended May 26. Minnesota hunters
Angler’s first salmon nets a $10,000 prize
Rochester, N.Y. – Josh Houghtaling of Windsor, N.Y., was trolling for the first time ever on Lake Ontario on May 12 when a fish of large proportions grabbed hold and headed the opposite way from
Taxidermy-rehab link is likely CWD source
By Steve Piatt Editor Westmoreland, N.Y. – A state Department of Agriculture & Markets officials says it’s likely Chronic Wasting Disease made its way into New York via infected taxidermy materials. Those materials, from the
