Fishing

Decatur, Tenn. (AP) – Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges in a Meigs County case in which a man was mistaken for a turkey and was shot several times. Shane Godsey had been turkey hunting in

Kalispell, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife managers in Montana have removed fishing limits from six backcountry lakes this summer as part of an attempt to eliminate hybrid trout and replace them with genetically pure westslope cutthroat

Spring Park, Minn. (AP) – The Hennepin County Sheriff Foundation is hosting an event Wednesday that’s designed to get kids hooked on fishing, not drugs. The program is a national effort sponsored by the U.S.

Necedah, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin youths interested in learning how to hunt deer have a deadline coming up. Applications for a deer-hunting workshop and special hunt at Buckhorn State Park located on the Castle Rock

Rawlins, Wyo. (AP) – Investigators are looking into the poaching of a bull elk in Medicine Bow National Forest between Cheyenne and Laramie. Game warden Roger Bredehoft says the poaching near Pilot Knob was a

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – A Wilmington businessman has been elected chairman of the North Carolina Wildlife Commission. The agency said Wednesday that Steve Windham of Winnabow was elected to replace Wes Seegars, who had been

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s duck population has taken a dive. The Department of Natural Resources says the state’s breeding duck population has dropped to an estimated 507,000 birds. That’s down 31 percent from

Newport News, Va. (AP) – Tim Wilson thought the James River was too orange and murky for fishing when he cut up chunks of shad for bait and dropped a few lines in the water