July 6, 2009

Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – State wildlife commissioners have proposed dates for the 2010 turkey hunting season. The statewide opening date would be March 20, with the season extended into April in various areas of Louisiana. The daily bag limit would be one turkey; the season limit, two. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries …

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Chesterton, Ind. (AP) – No deer hunting will be allowed at Indiana Dunes State Park this year even as hunts are planned at 17 other parks across the state. State parks natural resources chief Mike Mycroft says hunters culled enough deer from the park along Lake Michigan last year to make a 2009 hunt unnecessary.

Cody, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says a Powell man has mistakenly killed a grizzly bear that he mistook for a black bear. Warden Craig Sax says the hunter killed the bear on the North Fork of the Shoshone on May 24. Sax says the hunter mistook the grizzly bear for

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The number of South Dakotans hunting ducks and Canada geese continues to decline. State wildlife officials say there were 13,376 resident duck hunters in 2008, down 14 percent from three years earlier. There was an even larger drop for resident hunters of Canada geese. That number fell to 13,463, a drop

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – It’s a problem every fisherman faces. Plans have been in place for weeks for a fishing trip to some distant stream or river, but a series of storms has put the outing in jeopardy. Is the destination stream running high? Normal? Low, even? There’s a simple way to know, and the

Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – Floridians no longer will be able to fish for free. Beginning Aug. 1, residents must have licenses for shoreline saltwater fishing. They’ll cost $7.50 plus administrative and handling fees when they go on sale July 15. Florida previously required only out-of-state anglers to get a shoreline license. The new license will

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved a mountain lion hunting season aimed at letting hunters kill more of the cats next year. The season last winter allowed a quota of 35 total mountain lions or 15 females. The commission approved raising next year’s quotas to 40 total

Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP) – State wildlife officials say a veteran officer will not face charges for fatally shooting a turkey hunter. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said state and local investigators have determined that Officer Mark Minton was reasonably responding to the threat of deadly force. Officials have said that Minton was patrolling in

Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – A Leesville legislator says he received assurances from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that hunting deer with dogs will continue in the Kisatchie National Forest. Rep. James Armes says that’s why he pulled his bill that would have let lawmakers review _ and reject _ the hunting season