National Fishing

North Dakota’s nonresident any-deer archery licenses, good for either whitetail or mule deer, have all been issued for the 2009 bow season. A total of 1,290 any-deer bow licenses were available for nonresidents. The North

Olympia – The Puget Sound recreational crab season gets under way June 18, although anglers will see later start dates for Hood Canal and the San Juan Islands this year. The Dungeness crab season in

Pennsylvania artist Steve Oliver’s painting featuring a canvasback duck will become the 2010 Delaware Duck Stamp. A painting of brook trout by Donnie Hughes of Lexington, S.C., will appear on the 2010 Delaware Trout Stamp.

A Pendleton County man has been convicted and fined for illegally trapping a black bear, according to Captain Charles Schollar of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section. On October 21, 2008,

Gatlinburg, Tenn. (AP) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting for its “Elk Bugle Corps” – a volunteer group that helps visitors who want to see the park’s elk herd. The elk have

Richmond, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) and the Wildlife Services Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working together to offer Virginia farmers an additional tool to

Bozeman, Montana (AP) – Hunters are killing grizzly bears in record numbers around Yellowstone National Park and researchers say the once-endangered predator is expanding across the region. Bears are being seen – and killed –

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – Hunters in South Dakota donated 90,000 pounds of venison and 3,066 pheasants to feed the needy last year. The meat is processed and given to community food banks through the South

Portland, Ore. (AP) – A California man has been fined $50,000 and banned for life from hunting in Oregon for poaching a trophy bull elk. Federal prosecutors said 38-year-old Ronald Ray Jurin of Redding, Calif.,