June 1, 2009

Cheboygan, Mich. (AP) – Two state troopers from the Cheboygan post have lost their jobs for poaching deer while on duty. Earlier, Jeff Hadley was sentenced to four days in jail for shooting a buck with his hunting rifle Nov. 12 while on patrol in Cheboygan County’s Benton Township. Don Bolen received a two-day jail […]

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – A St. Albans man has been sentenced to a year in prison for fatally shooting a teenager during a hunting trip. Twenty-year-old Andrew Scott Hardin admitted he accidentally shot Nicholas Caldwell in April 2008 as they were turkey hunting, didn’t stop to check on the 16-year-old victim afterward and went home

Augusta, Maine (AP) – Maine officials are encouraging people to get out on the state’s lakes and rivers by offering a weekend of free fishing. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says the Family Free Fishing Days on Saturday and Sunday are open to anyone except people whose licenses have been revoked or suspended.

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – State fisheries officials say an abundance of precipitation this past winter and spring has added water to many South Dakota lakes, ponds and rivers, creating more demand for fish stocking. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has been moving fish from hatcheries and several public-access waters. In a release,

Panguitch, Utah (AP) – Two Panguitch men who pleaded guilty to a handful of wildlife violations have been sentenced to jail for illegally killing 13 animals. The men also lost their hunting privileges for several decades. Gary Harp, 35, pleaded guilty to two third-degree felonies and four class A misdemeanors. He was sentenced to 36

Shreveport, La. (AP) – Tucked neatly away inside his baby tote, young John Foster was oblivious to the gore and mayhem going on around him. Worms were being pulled from their mulchy homes, crickets got finger-squashed and catfish were left hanging from hefty hooks while kids and parents laughed and cheered. What might appear to

Fresno, Calif. (AP) – Anglers beware: California officials are enforcing new recreational salmon fishing regulations throughout the Central Valley basin. Starting this week, the Department of Fish and Game says catch-and-release fishing that intentionally targets salmon is illegal in any river or stream that’s closed to salmon fishing. Fisheries officials say the new rules will

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – State officials are hoping thousands of carp they will put in lakes will help fight weeds that are invading the shallow portions of the impoundments. The state Division of Water Resources said it plans to put nearly 4,000 grass carp into lakes to fight hydrilla. The fish eat the weed that