National Fishing

Applications for this fall’s black bear hunt are due by May 1. They are available at any of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) 1,650 license agents or online. Hunters interested in the Sept.

Nearly 90,000 Minnesotans will receive a postcard this spring that encourages them to continue to enjoy Minnesota’s outdoors by going fishing. The mailing is a joint effort of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR)

One of California’s biggest trout fishing openers is coming up on April 25. Numerous waters opening April 25 are already planted with 8-12 inch-long catchable size trout. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will

Great Bend, Kan. (AP) – Authorities are seeking any information about who may have shot about 15 animals and laid them across a county road in central Kansas. The carcasses of several rabbits, a possum,

Oslo, Minn. (AP) – Ray and Jane Bushaw have been cut off from the outside world for several weeks since the Red River began creeping up on the ring dike that surrounds their property south

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.,

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) – An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to taking more than 70 trout from a fish hatchery in Iowa. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say that 30-year-old Mark

The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission approved 2009 big game season regulations at a public hearing in Oakley April 16. Meeting at the Logan County Courthouse, the commission set seasons for deer, antelope and elk.