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St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is expanding its use of lottery permits for hunting antlerless deer in some areas this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in

Boise, Idaho (AP) – The early elk hunting season opens Saturday in parts of Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the so-called green-field hunts in the Palouse, Salmon, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Pioneer

Lansing, Mich. (AP) – Three hunters will get a rare opportunity to pursue four species of game animal next year under a new program called the Pure Michigan Hunt. The winners will be allowed to

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The opening date for fishing on Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge is Aug. 1 and Wyoming game and fish managers are urging anglers to keep the brook trout they

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s hunting regulations for antlerless deer will more complicated this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in significantly fewer areas, especially in parts

Rochester, Vt. (AP) – A poaching investigation by Vermont game wardens led to illegal hunting charges against a Rochester man and led authorities to what they say was a marijuana cultivation operation. Wardens say they

West Fargo, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo woman has landed a North Dakota record channel catfish. The fish 31-year-old Tina Willis caught over the weekend in Moon Lake southwest of Valley City was 40

Jefferson CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man is facing up to seven years in prison for receiving stolen fishing gear worth tens of thousand of dollars. The Missouri State Water Patrol said Monday that