National

Pennsylvania artist Steve Oliver’s painting featuring a canvasback duck will become the 2010 Delaware Duck Stamp. A painting of brook trout by Donnie Hughes of Lexington, S.C., will appear on the 2010 Delaware Trout Stamp.

Bozeman, Montana (AP) – Hunters are killing grizzly bears in record numbers around Yellowstone National Park and researchers say the once-endangered predator is expanding across the region. Bears are being seen – and killed –

Oslo, Minn. (AP) – Ray and Jane Bushaw have been cut off from the outside world for several weeks since the Red River began creeping up on the ring dike that surrounds their property south

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) – An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to taking more than 70 trout from a fish hatchery in Iowa. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say that 30-year-old Mark

One of California’s biggest trout fishing openers is coming up on April 25. Numerous waters opening April 25 are already planted with 8-12 inch-long catchable size trout. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will

Nearly 90,000 Minnesotans will receive a postcard this spring that encourages them to continue to enjoy Minnesota’s outdoors by going fishing. The mailing is a joint effort of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR)

Applications for this fall’s black bear hunt are due by May 1. They are available at any of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) 1,650 license agents or online. Hunters interested in the Sept.

Great Bend, Kan. (AP) – Authorities are seeking any information about who may have shot about 15 animals and laid them across a county road in central Kansas. The carcasses of several rabbits, a possum,

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – Hunters in South Dakota donated 90,000 pounds of venison and 3,066 pheasants to feed the needy last year. The meat is processed and given to community food banks through the South