October 7, 2009

Mitchell, S.D. (AP) – A state conservation officer says there should be plenty of ducks around for this year’s waterfowl hunting season. State Game, Fish and Parks Department officials are confident that wetter-than-usual conditions have resulted in a stronger duck population in the state. Chamberlain-based conservation officer Mark Ohm says the early season should be …

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Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Department of Game says some licenses to hunt elk at Grand Teton National Park are still available. Mark Gocke is public information specialist for the game department in Jackson. He says the remaining licenses are for antlerless elk. There are 47 tags remaining for Hunt Area 75, and 23

On the Porcupine River Tundra, Yukon Territory (AP) – Here on the endlessly rolling and tussocky terrain of northwest Canada, where man has hunted caribou since the Stone Age, the vast antlered herds are fast growing thin. And it’s not just here. Across the tundra 1,500 kilometers (1,000 miles) to the east, Canada’s Beverly herd,

Billings, Mont. (AP) – Hunters in Montana reported taking nine wolves through the end of last week in the state’s first-ever organized wolf hunt. Gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list in Montana and Idaho this spring after climbing back from near-extermination last century. Before their endangered listing, the animals were poisoned, shot

Fairfield, Ill. (AP) – An investigator says a teenager accidentally shot a friend with an arrow and killed him while the two were turkey hunting in southern Illinois. Wayne County Sheriff Jim Hinkle says 20-year-old Aaron Long of Fairfield was killed Thursday at Sam Dale Lake. Hinkle says a 16-year-old hunter accidentally shot Long in

Rapid City, S.D. (AP) – Officials are investigating the shooting of a moose that wandered into the Black Hills. Mike Kintigh with the Game, Fish and Parks Department at Rapid City says hunters found the wounded animal near Deerfield Lake on Friday and called authorities. It died soon after of a single gunshot wound. The

Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is selling small game licenses to out-of-state hunters online, a change that in-state business owners say will hurt. “It’s not going to be good for local businesses,” said Greg Knutson, owner of Andrus Outdoors in Dickinson. “Before, people would come in here, or any store, and get their licenses

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – A second mountain lion has been killed this fall in western North Dakota. State Game and Fish Department biologist Stephanie Tucker says the cat was killed Saturday by a hunter in Billings County who was looking for elk. The mountain lion season will close in the western part of the state

Greenville, Maine (AP) – The first week of Maine’s three-part moose hunting season has ended. The six-day hunt in northern Maine districts ended at dusk Saturday. There are no figures yet on the total number of moose taken. The next week of hunting runs Oct. 12-17, also in northern districts. Then, from Nov. 2-28 moose