National Hunting

Austin, Texas – Nearly half of the sites in the Texas State Parks system will conduct public hunts during the 2009-2010 hunting season. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved scheduled hunts on 44 state

Knoxville, Tenn. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials say a bald eagle, found dead at Norris Lake in February, died of lead poisoning. A release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Knoxville on

Test results have detected the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent in a total of seven white-tailed deer sampled during the 2009 spring collections in Hampshire County, according to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Pratt – The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) reports that there were 16 hunting accidents in 2008, with three fatalities, two of which were not actually legal hunting incidents. This is a decrease

The recreational red snapper harvest season in all Gulf of Mexico waters off Florida reopens on June 1. Anglers may take two red snapper daily from Gulf waters during the open season; however, the captain

Bay City, Mich. (AP) – Michigan officials want federal permission to kill more cormorants to help reduce the shorebirds’ impact on human fishing in the Great Lakes. Russ Mason is wildlife chief for the state

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – An annual survey of big game in Wyoming finds that moose and mule deer numbers statewide are down from population objectives. However, the big game survey shows pronghorn numbers are strong

Big Cove, Ala. (AP) – A Canada goose with an arrow through its chest has been seen in the east Huntsville neighborhood of Big Cove. Resident Jerry Brown said he saw the goose Tuesday beside

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – Wildlife officials say results from tests on white-tailed deer in northeast Nebraska show the deer are free of bovine tuberculosis. Officials say the 42 wild deer tested were taken from an