National Fishing

Santa Fe – The New Mexico Game Commission has purchased 188 acres of property along the Rio Grande south of Belen in an ongoing effort to protect and improve the state’s riparian zones. The property

Columbus, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites anglers to visit www.ohiodnr.com/creel to take a new online angler survey. The online survey consists of 19 questions asking anglers to

Crandall, Wyo. (AP) – Researchers studying elk in the Yellowstone National Park area want to expand knowledge about the influences of habitat, climate and predators on elk migration, reproduction and survival. Even before its completion

Helena, Mont. (AP) – The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday to set a tentative quota for Montana’s 2009 wolf hunting season. The options range from 26 to 207, based

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina’s 140-year-old ban on hunting with guns on Sundays appears safe for another year or two. A Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday debated repealing the Sunday hunting ban, which the

Reno, Nev. (AP) – Elk, antelope and bighorn sheep are quite at home on the Nevada range, while deer populations continue to struggle because of habitat loss and drought, according to a new report by

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Department has released survey results from the last hunting season. It shows that more than 176,000 resident and nonresident hunters went after pheasants in

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Chris Walls had done most everything a turkey hunter could hope to do. He’d won calling championships. He’d traveled to other states to hunt. He’d called gobblers in for others. About