National Fishing

Sales in Smith & Wesson’s firearm division were down 10.5 percent in the second quarter, compared with the same timeframe last year. The company indicated in its earnings statement that second quarter 2009 was “a

State flowers, state birds, and now, if Utah State Rep. Carl Wimmer has his way, Utah will have a state gun. Wimmer has announced intentions to propose a bill when the legislature convenes next month

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Iowa environmental officials are looking for ways to stop the slide in the number of hunters, which is blamed primarily on the declining pheasant population. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is pleased by a decision to authorize the release of an adult male Mexican wolf into eastern Arizona later this month or in January to help restore the stability

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Gun maker Smith & Wesson says it plans to move one of its manufacturing divisions from Rochester, N.H., to the company’s headquarters in Springfield, Mass. The Thompson/Center Arms unit makes hunting

By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The federal government is proposing to spend roughly $588 million over the next two or three decades to prevent 2 million acres of prime migratory bird

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, New Jersey hunters had checked a record 426 black bears in the first Garden State bear hunt since 2005. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is expecting the number to

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Crews from the San Bernardino County Museum in California are giving local elected officials a glimpse at the tusk of a Colombian mammoth being unearthed at a Las Vegas nature preserve.