Fishing
Ind. youth deer hunt opens to wider age range
Spencer, Ind. (AP) – Indiana’s annual deer hunt for young hunters has been expanded to give a larger number of youngsters a chance to bag a deer. Past youth deer hunts were open only to
Controversy over cougar-hunting season continues in Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – The divisive conflict over how long the mountain lion-hunting season should be is far from over, even two years after a unanimous vote by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to
Alaska: Wolf, bear hunts increasing moose, caribou
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state
Federal judge says gray wolf hunts can continue
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A federal judge said Wednesday that gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies can go on, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first organized wolf
Deer harvest could be smaller
Starting herd will be smaller; Deer kill topped a quarter million last year Athens, Ohio – Coming off a year where a record 252,017 deer were killed, there’s no place to go but up for
Feds plan nationwide meetings for CRP
Public input meeting slated for Sept. 21 in Moorhead Washington – The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced it will host nine meetings across the nation during the next 30 days regarding the Conservation Reserve
In elk range, agency gets a win, loss
Benezette, Pa. – For the Pennsylvania Game Commission, these are best of times and the worst of times on the Keystone State elk range.
Doctoral student studies northwestern Minn. bears
Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) – Male black bears in northwestern Minnesota have the largest home ranges ever recorded for the species in North America. That’s the finding three years into a four-year study of black
Angry hunters denied doe permits in Erie County
Erie, Pa. – Gary Burton didn’t give it a second thought when he dropped his application for an antlerless deer permit in the mail on July 11.
