July 29, 2009

Boise, Idaho (AP) – The early elk hunting season opens Saturday in parts of Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the so-called green-field hunts in the Palouse, Salmon, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Pioneer zones are designed to help farmers reduce damage to their crops caused by hungry elk. The early archery and any-elk …

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St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is expanding its use of lottery permits for hunting antlerless deer in some areas this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in significantly fewer areas, especially in parts of northern and southwestern Minnesota. So hunters who typically did not need to apply

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s hunting regulations for antlerless deer will more complicated this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in significantly fewer areas, especially in parts of northern and southwestern Minnesota. So hunters who typically did not need to apply for an either-sex permit will need

West Fargo, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo woman has landed a North Dakota record channel catfish. The fish 31-year-old Tina Willis caught over the weekend in Moon Lake southwest of Valley City was 40 inches long and weighed 42 pounds, 1 ounce. That broke the state record of 33 pounds, 4 ounces set in

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The opening date for fishing on Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge is Aug. 1 and Wyoming game and fish managers are urging anglers to keep the brook trout they catch to reduce competition with native cutthroats. A sampling of the upper section of the stream in northwest Wyoming last

Lansing, Mich. (AP) – Three hunters will get a rare opportunity to pursue four species of game animal next year under a new program called the Pure Michigan Hunt. The winners will be allowed to hunt elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkeys and antlerless deer in Michigan with a single permit. They’ll also get

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Andy Miller is going elk hunting and he’d best be a good shot. The privilege to take part in Tennessee’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years is costing him $17,700. Miller, of Franklin, was the successful bidder for a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency permit sold on eBay. Four other

Rochester, Vt. (AP) – A poaching investigation by Vermont game wardens led to illegal hunting charges against a Rochester man and led authorities to what they say was a marijuana cultivation operation. Wardens say they searched the home of 23-year-old Andrew Stringer on Sunday after Stringer was linked to a buck that was allegedly shot