Fishing

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Artists from Ladysmith and Campbellsport have won Wisconsin hunting stamp contests with their paintings of wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources says Craig Fairbert’s depiction of a wood duck pair won

Billings, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Montana are weighing changes to the state’s inaugural wolf hunt after hunters killed nine of the predators in three weeks just outside Yellowstone National Park. More than 1,300

Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Many South Dakota hunters who took to the fields in search of pheasant over the weekend returned home empty-handed and frustrated. They say standing crops that farmers haven’t been able

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will stock lakes and ponds across Nebraska with full-sized rainbow trout this month. The trout will be 9- to 10-inches. The stocking began Oct. 2

Waterloo, Iowa (AP) – The number of pheasants may be down across Iowa, but that isn’t dampening the spirits of the state’s hunters. Pheasant season begins on Oct. 31 and runs through Jan. 10. A

Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota hunters get an early shot at pheasants this weekend. A hunting season for state residents only is Saturday through Monday. Hunting is allowed only on public land from

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – Saturday marks the opening of elk hunts in Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. Grand Teton is mandated by federal law to conduct an elk

Salem, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife advocates are protesting the state’s move to expand a program to hunt cougars to reduce conflicts with livestock, big game, people and pets. Opponents say it will only lead to

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota hunters are taking to the fields with forecasts of fewer pheasants this season, after a long, hard winter. But that’s not stopping all of them. Dennis Taylor of Buford,