October 30, 2009

Missoula, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife managers say one wolf kill was reported as Montana’s general hunting season opened Sunday with an estimated 100,000 hunters spreading across public and private lands. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Craig Jourdonnais says a hunter searching for deer and elk in the Big Hole Valley shot the 75-pound […]

Worthington, Minn. (AP) – After what seemed like a month of cold, rainy weather, Mother Nature cooperated recently and allowed a select group of pheasant hunters to attend the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources/Minnesota Pheasants Forever Youth Mentor Hunt. This is the second year of the combined venture, according to Nobles County Pheasants Forever president

Billings, Mont. (AP) – When Montana’s general big game hunting season kicks off, the state Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is asking hunters to help on some animal research projects. Elk hunters are being asked to collect blood samples from any of the animals they harvest. Blood testing kits are available at most trailhead

Portland, Maine (AP) – Health officials say they will conduct a study of deer that are killed during Maine’s upcoming hunting season to see if they have been exposed to eastern equine encephalitis. Researchers will collect blood from deer brought to selected tagging stations in five southern and central Maine counties beginning Saturday. They plan

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – One of the men accused of gunning down and leaving to rot the carcasses of dozens of caribou near Point Hope has agreed to change his plea. The Anchorage Daily News says that Randy John Oktollik wants to change his plea of not guilty. The 26-year-old is facing charges of wanton

Indianapolis (AP) – Fishing is apparently becoming more popular in Indiana and nationally. A report issued this week showed that fishing license sales in Indiana so far this year are up 8.1 percent. That’s higher than the national average of 7.7 percent reported by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and the American Sportfishing Association.

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is holding a deer-hunting workshop Nov. 10 in Lincoln. The free event is for hunters of all ages and experience levels. “Deer Hunting 201 – A Deer Hunting Primer” will include a discussion on deer-hunting techniques, guns, game laws and other topics. The workshop will

Montrose, Colo. (AP) – A portion of western Colorado’s Uncompahgre (un-kum-PAW’-gray) Plateau will be opened to mountain lion hunting after being closed since 2004. The state Division of Wildlife closed the area to conduct research on the mountain lion population to help shape management policy. The study is ongoing and will include information on the