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Butte, Mont. (AP) – The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has determined that the shooting of a cougar by a 14-year-old elk hunter from Anaconda was justified. Game warden Shane Yaskus says the

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – The “World’s Original Ice Fishing Contest” will return to the St. Paul Winter Carnival this year, if Mother Nature cooperates. The event once drew up to 10,000 people to White

Waterbury, Vt. (AP) – Vermont officials are reissuing warnings about importing possibly tainted deer and elk meat to the state. The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is trying to avoid the spread of

Loncoln, Neb. (AP) – Another type of nontoxic shot is available to waterfowl hunters in Nebraska and other states. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved for immediate use tungsten-iron-polymer shot for hunting waterfowl

Concord, N.H. (AP) – Hunters killed 341 moose in New Hampshire’s nine-day moose hunting season. Fish and Game officials are calling the season a success, since 65 percent of the 522 hunters who were issued

Montrose, Colo. (AP) – A portion of western Colorado’s Uncompahgre (un-kum-PAW’-gray) Plateau will be opened to mountain lion hunting after being closed since 2004. The state Division of Wildlife closed the area to conduct research

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is holding a deer-hunting workshop Nov. 10 in Lincoln. The free event is for hunters of all ages and experience levels. “Deer Hunting 201 –

Indianapolis (AP) – Fishing is apparently becoming more popular in Indiana and nationally. A report issued this week showed that fishing license sales in Indiana so far this year are up 8.1 percent. That’s higher

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – One of the men accused of gunning down and leaving to rot the carcasses of dozens of caribou near Point Hope has agreed to change his plea. The Anchorage Daily News