National Hunting

Barre, Vt. (AP) – A jury has acquitted a Vermont man who faced a rare charge of interfering with a hunter. Forty-two-year-old Mark Codling of Cabot was accused of intentionally interfering with 14-year-old Tyler Barnett

Richmond, Va. (AP) – Game officials are considering a ban on hunting elk that have crossed into southwest Virginia from eastern Kentucky. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ board plans to vote on

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wardens used a Facebook video to track down two alleged poachers. Wardens got a tip late last year that a video entitled “Hunting … Muktown style” was on Facebook. State

Boise, Idaho (AP) – State fish and game officials are considering a plan to issue special wolf hunting tags that would be auctioned to raise money for conservation projects and wolf management. The Idaho Fish

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The fall turkey season is under way in Nebraska, and this one will be longer than hunters have enjoyed in the past. The fall season opened Tuesday. Holders of fall turkey

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – The state Office of Special Prosecutions says a man convicted of illegally guiding a hunting party in 2006 has been resentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay $7,000 in

Oxford, Miss. (AP) – It’s deer season in the city of Oxford. Residents have complained for years that deer tear up their gardens and landscapes. Mayor Pat Patterson says a state bow-hunting permit runs through

Missoula, Mont. (AP) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say weather and a reduced number of yearlings could hamper elk and deer hunters this year. A combination of hard winters, liberal hunting allowances and

Boise, Idaho (AP) – The state Department of Fish and Game plans to remove hybrid fish populations and reintroduce pure Yellowstone cutthroat trout in south-central Idaho waterways at the end of the month. The agency