Fishing

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,

Menominee, Mich. (AP) – The Upper Peninsula is getting the first crack at Michigan’s pheasants. The state’s annual hunting season for pheasants opens Saturday in Menominee County and portions of Delta, Dickinson, Iron and Marquette

Sterling, Alaska (AP) – A Kenai National Wildlife Refuge enforcement officer has cited one of two hunters who opened fire on a bear in front of people who had been taking pictures as it fished

Kandiyohi, Minn. (AP) _ A 13-year-old Kandiyohi boy is recovering from a hunting accident. Brady Damhof was wounded Saturday while duck hunting near the west-central Minnesota town of Svea. Authorities say another member of his

South Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is predicting good hunting for wild turkey this fall. The agency says poor and spotty food conditions in West Virginia’s woods will cause

Ketchum, Idaho (AP) – Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said a female wolf with the Phantom Hill pack was killed by a hunter, marking the 29th wolf kill since Idaho’s hunting season opened

Santa Rosa, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Game and Fish Department has issued an emergency order relaxing fishing rules at Blue Hole Park Pond in an effort to remove as many fish from the

Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Two Louisiana hunting guides have pleaded guilty to charges they helped a hunter kill an alligator in an area where they weren’t authorized to hunt. Travis Dardenne and Jeffery Brown,