National Fishing

Menominee, Mich. (AP) – The Upper Peninsula is getting the first crack at Michigan’s pheasants. The state’s annual hunting season for pheasants opens Saturday in Menominee County and portions of Delta, Dickinson, Iron and Marquette

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will stock lakes and ponds across Nebraska with full-sized rainbow trout this month. The trout will be 9- to 10-inches. The stocking began Oct. 2

Waterloo, Iowa (AP) – The number of pheasants may be down across Iowa, but that isn’t dampening the spirits of the state’s hunters. Pheasant season begins on Oct. 31 and runs through Jan. 10. A

Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota hunters get an early shot at pheasants this weekend. A hunting season for state residents only is Saturday through Monday. Hunting is allowed only on public land from

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – Saturday marks the opening of elk hunts in Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. Grand Teton is mandated by federal law to conduct an elk

Salem, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife advocates are protesting the state’s move to expand a program to hunt cougars to reduce conflicts with livestock, big game, people and pets. Opponents say it will only lead to

Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Two Louisiana hunting guides have pleaded guilty to charges they helped a hunter kill an alligator in an area where they weren’t authorized to hunt. Travis Dardenne and Jeffery Brown,

Santa Rosa, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Game and Fish Department has issued an emergency order relaxing fishing rules at Blue Hole Park Pond in an effort to remove as many fish from the

Sterling, Alaska (AP) – A Kenai National Wildlife Refuge enforcement officer has cited one of two hunters who opened fire on a bear in front of people who had been taking pictures as it fished