National Hunting

Boise, Idaho (AP) – State wildlife biologists are pointing the finger at botulism for killing an estimated 1,100 waterfowl at the American Falls Reservoir in eastern Idaho. It’s the second report this month of botulism

Bemidji, Minn. (AP) – Wildlife researchers are trying to find out more information about a mountain lion that was hit and killed by a car near Bemidji. The mountain lion was hit on Friday night.

Billings, Montana (AP) – A federal judge in Montana restored protections Monday for an estimated 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing in part a decline in their food supply caused by

Basin, Wyo. (AP) – A former Greybull man has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor poaching charge and no contest to three more. Gary Vorhies, 47, was accused of killing a palmated deer in Big Horn

Reno, Nev. (AP) – Thousands of Nevada hunters are getting excited as the hunting season looms for the state’s most popular game bird: the chukar (chuck-ur). Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said the 2009-10 chukar

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (AP) – A Decorah man has been sentenced to one year in prison for allowing illegally hunted deer to be taken from Iowa. The U.S. attorney’s office says 51-year-old Dale Hogenson was

St. Albans, Vt. (AP) – A Georgia man has been sentenced to one year in prison for the 2007 shooting death of his hunting companion. The Burlington Free Press reports that 39-year-old Timothy Madden pleaded

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