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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

Worthington, Minn. (AP) – After what seemed like a month of cold, rainy weather, Mother Nature cooperated recently and allowed a select group of pheasant hunters to attend the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources/Minnesota Pheasants

Portland, Maine (AP) – Health officials say they will conduct a study of deer that are killed during Maine’s upcoming hunting season to see if they have been exposed to eastern equine encephalitis. Researchers will

Missoula, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife managers say one wolf kill was reported as Montana’s general hunting season opened Sunday with an estimated 100,000 hunters spreading across public and private lands. Montana Fish, Wildlife and

Sun Valley, Idaho (AP) – Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his

Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – The chance to find an enormous and valuable set of antlers shed by a mighty bull elk or mule deer has been drawing ever-larger crowds of people from around the region

Lansing, Mich. (AP) – Michigan trappers with a fondness for fur can begin to capture badgers and other creatures. Trapping season opens Thursday in much of the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Michigan for raccoons

Liningston, Mont. (AP) – A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear in southern Montana also had the misfortune of being shot in the arm by a companion trying to stop the attack. The incident last