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Oklahoma City (AP) – Oklahoma is to open a hunt for bear on Thursday in four counties in the southeastern part of the state. The hunt will be conducted in Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and

Fenton, Mich. (AP) – State officials suspect the deaths of more than 100 deer in southeast Michigan may have been caused by the same disease that killed animals in 2006 and 2008. The Detroit Free

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Hunters worried that a lack of squirrel food will make the critters scarce during this year’s hunting season can relax. Paul Johansen of the state Division of Natural Resources says squirrels

Weston, W.Va. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting a turkey hunter has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor negligent shooting and no contest to felony wanton endangerment. Robert Tobias of Millersburg, Pa., also pleaded

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says people can review the agency’s five-year draft management plan for pheasants. The 84-page report covers how the department proposes to manage the

Bemidji, Minn. (AP) – Wildlife researchers are trying to find out more information about a mountain lion that was hit and killed by a car near Bemidji. The mountain lion was hit on Friday night.

Spirit Lake, Iowa (AP) – Although there is a little over a week left in September, Iowa angles have already pulled a record number of yellow perch from Big Spirit Lake. According to the Iowa

Boise, Idaho (AP) – State wildlife biologists are pointing the finger at botulism for killing an estimated 1,100 waterfowl at the American Falls Reservoir in eastern Idaho. It’s the second report this month of botulism

Basin, Wyo. (AP) – A former Greybull man has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor poaching charge and no contest to three more. Gary Vorhies, 47, was accused of killing a palmated deer in Big Horn