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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

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

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

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

Cody, Wyo. (AP) – A mule deer buck killed on the west slope of the Bighorn Mountains has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The buck was killed last month in hunt area 46, in