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Chuck Powell of Osceola, Ind. snapped this series of photos in his yard where an eagle had just snatched a rabbit and devoured it in a tree next to his house. Powell lives a short distance from the St. Joseph River where occasional eagle sightings have been reported.
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Eagle Sighting in Osceola
Eagle Sighting in Osceola
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When it comes to stocking fish in Indiana waters, 2014 was a banner year.
The DNR and organizations with a DNR permit stocked 31.9 million fish in 70 counties in 2014. In a typical year, stocking numbers are between 22 million and 24 million fish.
The increase was primarily due to a near-record number of walleye eggs collected at Brookville Lake by DNR biologists for hatchery production. Those eggs also had a higher-than-normal survival rate. As a result, biologists stocked approximately 10 million more walleye fry than normal.
Other species stocked throughout Indiana were bluegill, brown trout, crappie, channel catfish, chinook salmon, coho salmon, grass carp, hybrid striped bass, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskie, pike, rainbow trout, redear sunfish, saugeye, steelhead, striped bass and yellow perch.
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Youth hunters can apply for a reservation to hunt one of 21 DNR properties during the special youth wild turkey hunting season, April 18 and 19.
The hunters must be younger than 18 on the day of the hunt.
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Got a case of winter doldrums? The Michiana Boat & Sport Show might be a good remedy and a reminder that spring isnt far away.
The show opens Friday at the South Bend Century Center and runs through Sunday.
Admission is $3 for adults; children under 12 are admitted free. All gate receipts go to the Michiana Walleye Club to support its activities and stocking programs.
Last years inaugural show proved to be a good start and promoter Dale Brindley hopes to build upon that this year.
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The Indiana Natural Resources Commission has approved rules that include a limited river otter trapping season beginning this fall.
New rules allow river otter trapping in 66 counties that are within watersheds where river otters were released during the 1990s. Trappers will not be allowed to take river otters in 26 central Indiana counties where river otters were not reintroduced and where otters have not become established.
In addition to the county restrictions, a licensed trapper can take no more than two otters per season with a statewide quota of 600 otters. The trapping season will be Nov. 15 to March 15, unless the statewide quota is reached sooner.
The rules also allow for the sale of hides from legally taken river otters.