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Idaho hunters would be allowed to kill between 100 and 300 gray wolves this fall under a plan proposed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The commission is scheduled to meet March 6 to vote on the Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan 2008-2012. AP.
For the third time in four years, a member of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board has resigned after being cited for a hunting violation. The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus reports.
A proposal to create constitutional hunting protections is going back to the Tennessee House after the Senate passed an altered version. The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to add protections for so-called traditional hunting methods as long as the they target non-threatened species. Reported by the Associated Press.
The editors of Gourmet magazine offer their readers bon appetit with a selection of reprised recipes taken from issues of the publication appearing in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. The oldies but goodies include Roast Beaver Michigan, Creamed Woodchuck, Squirrel in Cider and Muskrat Pie. Enjoy!
A convicted Montana poacher, who authorities say violated just about every wildlife law there is, will pay $17,000 in restitution and will not be allowed to hunt for 20 years after being sentenced in District Court Wednesday on two felony charges. When wardens searched Jeff Jorgensen's home in May, they found evidence of about 11 years of violations, including journals, photographs, hunting licenses, antlers and hides. Reported in the Helena Independent Record.
A Hanover, Penn. mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours after Judge and Justice, a Rottweiler and a pit-bull mix, attacked her tires, flattening three of them. When the dogs' owner arrived at the scene, she assured authorities the two were "generally sweethearts," and blamed the attack on a tire toy the dogs had recently been given. Good thing she hadn't given them a "mail-carrier toy," eh? In the Hanover Evening Sun.
Orlando videographer Ray Combs recently took a small crew to Iraq to film Operation Catchfish, a morale-boosting tournament for US troops. The contest was won by Marine CWO Bobby Carter Jr., of Smith, Ala., who caught the winning fish using a Rattletrap baited with pizza crust. Story and video at the Orlando Sentinel.
Pennsylvania deer processor William Kielty III, 60, faces 28 violations of the state Game and Wildlife Code for the theft of legal game from private hunters as well as meat designated for the poor. "This man stands accused of stealing from hard-working hunters--both their venison and their money--and sadly, people in need," said Wildlife Conservation Officer Randy Pilarcik. In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Police Chief Rick Pruitt told the Alamo Heights, TX, City Council Monday night that his officers have been instructed to fire 12 ga. rubber bullets into the ground near troublesome coyotes to scare the animals away from homes and neighborhoods. "We'll also get pain aversion if the pellet, dirt or pebbles hit the coyotes," he said. "Pain aversion?" Is that a scientific term? Reported in the San Antonio Express-News.
Remember the story about Martha Smith, the 80-year-old S. Dakota Black Hills woman who shot and killed a mountain lion in her yard? Because she killed the cat to protect her property and was not licensed to do so, the state is having the animal mounted and donated to a museum. However, in a generous gesture, the S. Dakota State Legislature recently passed a resolution to allow Smith to have the mount in her home for a short time before it goes on public display.
Statewide, hunters took 1,117 black bears, a significant increase over 2006, when hunters harvested 796 bears.NY DEC press release.
Maryland House Bill 655, which would have prohibited the state DNR from issuing a hunting license to any youngster under 13, was withdrawn yesterday through the efforts of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus and the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation. Read the NASC press release.
Hunters for the Hungry has announced it processed and distributed a record 363,000 pounds of venison to Virginia families and low-income individuals in 2007. Reported by the Daily News Record.
Based on the 2006 ATV accident and fatality statistics released last week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, John McCoy, the fine outdoors scribe for the Charleston (WV) Gazette, has calculated that West Virginians are 2 1/2 times more likely to die in an all-terrain vehicle accident than residents in other states. Comparing population to the number of fatal accidents, McCoy determined that West Virginians have a one-in-4,554 chance of dying in an ATV mishap.
Senate Bill 1214, which would allow concealed-weapons permit holders to carry a firearm at community colleges and Arizona's three public universities, heads to the Senate Rules Committee after a 4-3 passage in the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. In The Arizona Republic.
