National Fishing

Madison, Wis. (AP) – The state Department of Natural Resources is planning a series of public hearings on when and how the agency could close public lands. Generally, land acquired through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Like a growing number of states, West Virginia was aiming to make a dent in its fast-growing deer population when it created its first-ever September hunting season this year. But the

Springfield, Ill. (AP) – The date’s set for the start of the fall trout-fishing season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the season begins Oct. 17 at nearly 40 ponds and lakes around the

Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – With the arrival of hunting season, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has compiled a list of five of the most common laws that hunters violate. Game and Fish officials say

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Hunters worried that a lack of squirrel food will make the critters scarce during this year’s hunting season can relax. Paul Johansen of the state Division of Natural Resources says squirrels

Fenton, Mich. (AP) – State officials suspect the deaths of more than 100 deer in southeast Michigan may have been caused by the same disease that killed animals in 2006 and 2008. The Detroit Free

Oklahoma City (AP) – Oklahoma is to open a hunt for bear on Thursday in four counties in the southeastern part of the state. The hunt will be conducted in Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and

Weston, W.Va. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting a turkey hunter has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor negligent shooting and no contest to felony wanton endangerment. Robert Tobias of Millersburg, Pa., also pleaded

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says people can review the agency’s five-year draft management plan for pheasants. The 84-page report covers how the department proposes to manage the