August 4, 2009

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s deer hunters will get to pursue their favorite quarry a little earlier this fall. Regulators have scheduled two six-day antlerless-deer hunting seasons for September, roughly a month before the traditional mid-October archery season opener. The first season, scheduled for Sept. 14-19, will be for bowhunters. The second, scheduled for

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions says a New Mexico man has been penalized nearly $20,000 and put on five years’ probation for multiple hunting violations. The Anchorage Daily News says 39-year-old Jimmy Todd Hackney of Quemado, N.M., pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor counts of guiding without proper supervision, making a

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska hunters wanting a shot at bringing down a bighorn sheep have until Aug. 7 to apply for the 2009 bighorn sheep hunting lottery. The lottery is open only to state residents who will be at least 12-years-old by the date the season opens. One bighorn sheep permit will be issued

Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department has ended a moratorium on shooting lions in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge north of Yuma. The agency says the mountain lion population in Arizona is not threatened, endangered or at risk. It says the Kofa desert bighorn sheep population is at risk and deserves

Concord, N.H. (AP) – The New Hampshire Fish and Game department has finalized its calendar for bird hunting season. The fall season starts and ends with crows, which may be hunted between Aug. 15 and Nov. 30. In between, dates have been set for hunting resident Canada geese, woodcock, snipe and sea ducks. Hunters of

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says turkey-hunting permits will be available to buy starting Aug. 10. Turkey season runs from Sept. 15 through Dec. 31, and hunters may use either a shotgun or bow and arrow. A permit allows a hunter to kill no more than two turkeys during the

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Researchers in Madison are hoping to rid a northern Wisconsin lake of an invasive fish species by manually raising the water’s temperature. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to stir up the waters of 83-acre Crystal Lake in Vilas County. The goal is to mix warmer water above with the

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon – long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they’re mostly empty. The kings failed to show up, and not just in the Yukon. One Alaska river after