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With more than 100 bidders from New York to Oregon, the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s 19th Annual 2009 On-Line Trip Auction was a great success. The auction brought in more than $15,000 with the

The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks throughout the state during spring and fall hunting seasons to collect harvest data and to apprehend wildlife law violators. Conservation officers also will check for compliance

A syndrome that attacks hibernating bats is much more severe in Connecticut this winter than last and will lead to a dramatic reduction in the size of the state’s bat population this summer, according to

Spring Turkey Hunting Update: Random daily drawings continue for remaining permits for the 2009 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting season in Illinois. Applications for turkey hunting seasons must be submitted no later than three weeks prior

Eric Tullett of Kalispell will now share the Montana angling state record for the diminutive pygmy whitefish with two other anglers, both of whom turned in their record fish in February 2005. Tullett caught the

Palisades, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities say they’re investigating unconfirmed sightings of one or possibly two large cat-like animals prowling the New York suburbs. Residents of Palisades have reported seeing what they say looked like black

At the request of the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board, Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley has issued an emergency regulation to make it easier for landowners and leaseholders to acquire crop depredation permits for feral swine and

Q. Isn’t it about time to apply for controlled hunts? A. It is time to think about choices for 2009 controlled hunts. Applications for moose, mountain goat and bighorn controlled hunts are accepted April 1

New Orleans (AP) – Louisiana’s Supreme Court has reinstated the negligent homicide conviction of a man who shot his friend to death in an Avoyelles Parish deer hunting accident. According to Tuesday’s decision, Jake DeSoto