Hoyt was not a voice for compromise. He often was as hard on his friends in the conservation community as he was on those he considered enemies. I talked to Fish and Game officials; it appears Hoyt got into a herd of elk, got confused and kept shooting. While hunting in Wisconsin, I shot a doe while aiming at a buck.
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...northern pike as the species of choice among the state's anglers. --The North Dakota Game and Fish Department first stocked Devils Lake with northern pike in 1956. --Greg Power, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, offers this list of the top state waters for big northern pike: 1. Lake Sakawea; 2. (tie) Lake Oahe/Missouri River and Lake Darling; 3. Lake Audubon. Other big lakes, including Devils Lake, Pipestem Reservoir, Lake Ashtabula and Lake Tschida...
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...of Wednesday afternoon, hunters and trappers had harvested 33 wolves in the zone, reaching the zone's target harvest. Wolf hunting and trapping continues in the northwest and east-central wolf zones to anyone with a valid license. The late season in those zones is scheduled to end Jan. 31 or whenever the target harvest is expected to be met, whichever comes first. As of Wednesday, hunters and trappers had harvested 51 wolves in the northwest zone, where the target harvest is 89,...
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Upon his return he talked with New York wildlife officials about legalizing tracking dogs. Landowner permission is required at all times and dogs must remain on a leash throughout the pursuit. Hesington has a Bavarian Mountain Hound, a breed largely developed for tracking, and a wachtelhund, another German breed that's bred for great diversity afield.
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...bird hunting along select portions of the river, including from Shalem Colony Trail to Leasburg Dam State Park. IBWC officials first announced the proposal in July at the request of sportsmen. But the proposal, especially along that section just north of Las Cruces, drew ire. Residents in the area say their homes are already hit with stray bullets from people hunting illegally along the Rio Grande's banks, alleging that opening the area to legal hunting would only exacerbate the...
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Dec. 15--Deep snow and deep cold already are pushing northern Minnesota's white-tailed deer into mid-winter patterns. There's a lot of snow stuck in the spruce and balsam fir trees, and that means less on the ground. But this winter, it's already happening. Conifer stands offer warmer micro-climates because they block the wind.
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Schuller said several factors, most notably cold weather, likely led to light hunting pressure. Hunting is generally banned near campgrounds, picnic areas and other developed areas.
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Upon his return he talked with New York wildlife officials about legalizing tracking dogs. Landowner permission is required at all times and dogs must remain on a leash throughout the pursuit. Hesington has a Bavarian Mountain Hound, a breed largely developed for tracking, and a wachtelhund, another German breed that's bred for great diversity afield.
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The department treated the reservoir with a chemical this fall to rid it of over-abundant yellow perch, black crappie and black bullhead. It won't be replanted until the spring. Fishing was slow at Winchester for Roesner and Hasenoehrl during their inaugural ice fishing trip of the year. By late morning, they had a few isolated nibbles but no solid hits.
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Fifty years later, the Kansas parks department was established with Kanapolis State Park as the first state park. The state now hase 26 parks. In 1987, then Gov. Mike Hayden signed an executive order merging the State Parks and Resources Authority and the Kansas Fish and Game Commission to form the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
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