National Hunting

Phoenix – The 2009-10 Arizona Hunting and Trapping Regulations are available now at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Applications are now being accepted for hunting permits for fall deer, turkey,

Douglas, Wyo. (AP) – It took three days of waiting out a nasty spring snowstorm with lots of stalking through the snow and making turkey calls peeking out from the inside of a chilly blind.

Roanoke, W.Va. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a Lewis County turkey hunter whose body was found near Stonewall Jackson Lake. Searchers found the body of 32-year-old Shawn Stewart at about 12 p.m.

Atlanta (AP) – A federal grand jury in Atlanta accuses a Charlotte, N.C., man of illegally importing endangered fish and coral into the United States. Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Qi Gui Nie, owner of a

Hagerstown, Md. (AP) – A study commissioned by the National Park Service concludes that mushroom hunting probably isn’t to blame for a reported decline in morels in two western Maryland parks. The draft document suggests

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) – Opportunities will be limited for commercial and subsistence fishermen seeking king salmon this summer on the Yukon River. State and federal fisheries managers announced Friday there likely will be no commercial

Anglers who fish Lake Mille Lacs will see the same regulations as last fishing season. Anglers are required to release immediately all walleye 18-to 28-inches in length. The possession limit is four, with only one

Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – Michigan dropped the gray wolf from its endangered species list Monday, but it’s uncertain what practical effect the move will have because of a continuing legal squabble over federal wolf

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) _ North Dakota’s agriculture commissioner says federal conservation grassland in North Dakota should be open to grazing to help ranchers in flood-stricken areas find pasture for their cattle. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring