National Fishing

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved a mountain lion hunting season aimed at letting hunters kill more of the cats next year. The season last winter allowed

Cody, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says a Powell man has mistakenly killed a grizzly bear that he mistook for a black bear. Warden Craig Sax says the hunter killed the

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – A new budget year starting in North Carolina brings with it several new laws. The fiscal year starting Wednesday doesn’t yet have a state budget, but from this day state government

Indianapolis (AP) – New hunting, trapping and fishing licenses are available from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The new fishing licenses include a category for residents born before March 31, 1943. Seniors are not

Waupaca, Wis. (AP) – A judge Monday dismissed felony animal cruelty charges against the second of three men accused of running down deer with snowmobiles last January, killing four of the animals. A fifth deer

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota residents can fish without a license in most state parks beginning Wednesday. The change is meant to lure people who’ve never fished before into trying it during their state

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – State wildlife officials say South Dakota’s 2008 deer season was another record-breaker. Harvest surveys compiled by the Game, Fish and Parks Department show that hunters killed about 74,000 white-tailed deer and

Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Four men have until Monday afternoon to accept a plea agreement or go to trial in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they

Fort Benton, Mont. (AP) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have confirmed the sighting of an adult grizzly bear north of Fort Benton, far outside of established habitat in the foothills of the Rocky