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Reno, Nev. (AP) – Thousands of Nevada hunters are getting excited as the hunting season looms for the state’s most popular game bird: the chukar (chuck-ur). Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said the 2009-10 chukar

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

St. Albans, Vt. (AP) – A Georgia man has been sentenced to one year in prison for the 2007 shooting death of his hunting companion. The Burlington Free Press reports that 39-year-old Timothy Madden pleaded

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (AP) – A Decorah man has been sentenced to one year in prison for allowing illegally hunted deer to be taken from Iowa. The U.S. attorney’s office says 51-year-old Dale Hogenson was

Barre, Vt. (AP) – A jury has acquitted a Vermont man who faced a rare charge of interfering with a hunter. Forty-two-year-old Mark Codling of Cabot was accused of intentionally interfering with 14-year-old Tyler Barnett

Richmond, Va. (AP) – Game officials are considering a ban on hunting elk that have crossed into southwest Virginia from eastern Kentucky. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ board plans to vote on

Boise, Idaho (AP) – State fish and game officials are considering a plan to issue special wolf hunting tags that would be auctioned to raise money for conservation projects and wolf management. The Idaho Fish

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wardens used a Facebook video to track down two alleged poachers. Wardens got a tip late last year that a video entitled “Hunting … Muktown style” was on Facebook. State

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The fall turkey season is under way in Nebraska, and this one will be longer than hunters have enjoyed in the past. The fall season opened Tuesday. Holders of fall turkey