National Hunting

Laramie, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says many anglers need help identifying a hybrid fish called a “splake” that’s stocked in many lakes in the southeastern part of the state. Splake

Wichita, Kan. (AP) – For a guy who loves the outdoors, Dave Beeler doesn’t get there very often. His weekdays are spent at Coleman and most of his evenings and weekends in his home workshop.

West Fargo, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo woman has landed a North Dakota record channel catfish. The fish 31-year-old Tina Willis caught over the weekend in Moon Lake southwest of Valley City was 40

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is expanding its use of lottery permits for hunting antlerless deer in some areas this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in

Rochester, Vt. (AP) – A poaching investigation by Vermont game wardens led to illegal hunting charges against a Rochester man and led authorities to what they say was a marijuana cultivation operation. Wardens say they

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Andy Miller is going elk hunting and he’d best be a good shot. The privilege to take part in Tennessee’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years is costing him

Lansing, Mich. (AP) – Three hunters will get a rare opportunity to pursue four species of game animal next year under a new program called the Pure Michigan Hunt. The winners will be allowed to

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The opening date for fishing on Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge is Aug. 1 and Wyoming game and fish managers are urging anglers to keep the brook trout they

Boise, Idaho (AP) – The early elk hunting season opens Saturday in parts of Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the so-called green-field hunts in the Palouse, Salmon, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Pioneer