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Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say 6,805 turkey licenses will be available to hunters this fall, a drop of 17 percent from last year. But an additional 1,300 licenses may be used

Kodiak, Alaska (AP) – State officials are closing or restricting several sport fisheries in the Kodiak area because of late salmon runs. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says restriction go into effect Monday.

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new state record buffalo fish. The state Game and Fish Department says Joshua Bartz of Bismarck landed the 51-pound, 4-ounce buffalo in the Missouri River near Fox

Charleston, S.C. (AP) – Some South Carolina fishermen say spear fishermen from Florida are exploiting the rules when they take thousands of pounds of game fish from the state’s artificial reefs. The South Carolina fishermen

O’Fallon, Ill. (AP) – William “Slim” Boente and several of his buddies are considered royalty in the turkey hunting world. Boente, a 42-year-old construction worker from O’Fallon, recently completed the Royal Slam of turkey hunting:

Spooner, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wildlife officials say bass catch-and-release might be working too well. The Department of Natural Resources says a mail survey of bass anglers found they kept only 550,000, or 6 percent,

Harlan, Kentucky (AP) – Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life. A 300-pound (136-kilogram) animal, apparently unhappy that an intruder was on

Greenbelt, Md. (AP) – A St. Mary’s County seafood company owner has pleaded guilty to creating false records and transporting illegally harvested wildlife. Robert Lumpkins, who owns Golden Eye Seafood LLC, falsely recorded the amount

Shawnee, Kan. (AP) – Johnson County park officials want to bring in sharpshooters to remove about 75 percent of the deer at Shawnee Mission Park next fall. Surveys in 2007 and 2008 found there were