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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided to issue fewer Black Hills elk licenses for the 2012 season on Wednesday but stopped short of a moratorium on all antlerless tags.

For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes, with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns curving outward.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that would create a wolf hunt in Wisconsin.

Anglers taking advantage of this year’s mild spring are snagging plenty of walleye from the Missouri River despite a drop in the number of baitfish caused by last year’s flooding, a state fisheries biologist said.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) – Federal officials are granting $1.4 million to scientists investigating deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. The fungal infection has killed more than 5.5 million bats in eastern North America since it was

A commercial fishing company caught 55 silver carp and 82 big head carp on March 28 and 29, fishing in the same general area of East Okoboji Lake

Ryan Wasser of Pocasset was fishing March 31 at Lake Lawtonka in preparation for an upcoming local tournament when he hooked a fish that he knew was special.