Fishing

Lansing, Mich. (AP) – Three hunters will get a rare opportunity to pursue four species of game animal next year under a new program called the Pure Michigan Hunt. The winners will be allowed to

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The opening date for fishing on Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge is Aug. 1 and Wyoming game and fish managers are urging anglers to keep the brook trout they

Boise, Idaho (AP) – The early elk hunting season opens Saturday in parts of Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the so-called green-field hunts in the Palouse, Salmon, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Pioneer

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s hunting regulations for antlerless deer will more complicated this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in significantly fewer areas, especially in parts

Jefferson CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man is facing up to seven years in prison for receiving stolen fishing gear worth tens of thousand of dollars. The Missouri State Water Patrol said Monday that

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – Squirrel hunting season begins Aug. 1, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says it’s an opportunity to introduce young or novice hunters to a new outdoor activity. The commission says

Gold Hill, Ore. (AP) – The boat’s trolling motor hums ever so quietly as Darin Claiborne scans the Rogue River’s Kelly Slough, bow and arrow in hand, searching for one of archery’s more unusual prey.

Boston (AP) – The head of the agency overseeing ocean research and fisheries says the federal government has no interest in consolidating the nation’s fishing industry into the hands of a few large companies. Instead,