Fishing
Idaho shutters wolf hunting in McCall-Weiser zone
Boise, Idaho (AP) – State wildlife officials are shutting down wolf hunting in another area of the state. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game closed the McCall-Weiser wolf zone Monday. The limit for the
Deer poaching leads to record Neb. fine
Lincoln, Neb.(AP) – The largest poaching fine in Nebraska since electronic court records began being kept in 1996 has been levied in Cherry County. Last week, three men from Merriman were ordered by a Cherry
Private land gator hunt in Mississippi
Vicksburg, Miss. (AP) – Warren County led Mississippi’s second controlled alligator hunt on private land with 24 of the 59 killed, including the largest gator of the season – a 12-foot, 9-inch gator hauled in
Officials eye fish passage on Yellowstone River
Billings, Mont. (AP) – State and federal officials are considering ways to create fish passage at Cartersville Diversion Dam on the Yellowstone River near Forsyth to help pallid sturgeon, an endangered species. Jim Darling, fisheries
Man dies after shooting self while deer hunting in MN
Deer River, Minn. (AP) – A Minnetonka man is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the chest during Minnesota’s deer opener weekend. The Itasca County sheriff says 77-year-old Daniel Otto Cermak was hunting north of
Wyoming makes argument for managing gray wolves
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – In a bid to take over management of gray wolves, Wyoming argues there’s no biological reason that the predators should be treated as a trophy game species throughout the entire state.
WI DNR says deer hunter have some common questions
Spooner, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s nine-day whitetail deer hunt is just around the corner and the Department of Natural Resources says there are some common questions that hunters ask. The agency says one of them
Mont. hunter shoots threatening mountain lion
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A 41-year-old Florence man shot and killed a young mountain lion after it stalked his father on a hunting trip near Boulder. Late last month, 64-year-old Duane Cole and his son
Reward offered for info on shot NH bald eagle
Millsfield, N.H. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials are offering a reward to anyone with information that helps catch the person who shot a young bald eagle in Millsfield, N.H., last month. The U.S. Fish and
