February 15, 2011

Iowa wildlife officials have been tracking elk in and around the Yellow River State Forest that are likely escapees from a captive herd in Allamakee County. One elk was killed by state conservation officers last week, but at least four remain at large, which gives state officials cause for concern about the potential impacts from

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission is concerned about pigs – not the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas athletic programs, but feral hogs that can ruin crops and pastures. Feral hogs have been spotted in the city’s 1,600-acre Lake Leatherwood Park, and parks officials want to get rid

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Perseverance pays off. It’s hard to imagine a deer hunter with more patience than Jim Moore of Oklahoma City. At age 73, Moore finally bagged his first whitetail buck after 50 years of hunting in Oklahoma. “I never really had a good place to hunt,” said Moore, in what may be