Fishing

Billings, Mont. (AP) – A Saco-area ranch family snared in an illegal hunting scheme is getting ready to appear in federal court in Billings for sentencing. U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom is expected to sentence

Idaho Falls, Idaho (AP) – Idaho fishery managers expect more than 28,000 fall chinook to cross Lower Granite Dam in neighboring eastern Washington on their return from the Pacific Ocean, which would make it the

Guildhall, Vt. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man charged in a hunting mishap that cost a Granby man part of his leg is scheduled to change his plea on Tuesday. Forty-six-year-old John Boppel of Ashland, Pa.,

Packwood, Wash. (AP) – A Lewis County sheriff’s deputy remains in the intensive care unit Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition with injuries suffered when his patrol car hit an elk.

St. Johnsbury, Vt. (AP) – A man who accidentally shot his 17-year-old son to death while they were turkey hunting pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday under a plea agreement that calls for a

Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – The Game, Fish and Parks Commission has voted to increase the daily bag limit from 15 roosters to 20 for part of the year at commercial pheasant preserves. The privately

Idaho Falls, Idaho (AP) – Wolf hunting quotas will be considered Monday by Idaho Fish and Game commissioners. The commissioners may phase in state hunting quotas for wolves as part of efforts to reduce their

Billings, Mont. (AP) _ The Montana Board of Outfitters has disciplined a Wyoming outfitter for harassing a Montana hunter on state land by fining him $400 and requiring he attend a training course. Cole Benton,

FORT THOMAS, Ky. (AP) _ A lawsuit aimed at stopping deer hunting in the northern Kentucky city of Fort Thomas will continue without Lisa Kelly. The City Council member filed a motion on Tuesday to