Fishing

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – State wildlife officials say South Dakota’s 2008 deer season was another record-breaker. Harvest surveys compiled by the Game, Fish and Parks Department show that hunters killed about 74,000 white-tailed deer and

Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Four men have until Monday afternoon to accept a plea agreement or go to trial in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota pheasant numbers are down, and state wildlife officials say the harsh winter is to blame. The spring pheasant crowing count survey showed a 25 percent drop statewide from last

Grand Rapids, Minn. (AP) – Hunters and hikers have lost access to swaths of the northern Minnesota forest in recent years, but taxpayers are stepping in to keep nearly 300 square miles near the Mississippi

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The state’s wildlife managers want to reopen a limited antelope hunting season in Custer State Park after a 25-year hiatus. It proposes a nine-day season in October that would allow three

Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – More than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list – at least temporarily. A coalition of activist groups said

Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – Listen up outdoors enthusiasts: New state laws to regulate elk feeding, antler collection and Internet hunting are among a slate of Game and Fish Department laws taking effect this July. The

San Francisco (AP) – State wildlife officials have rejected a petition seeking protections for the mountain-dwelling American pika under the California Endangered Species Act. The California Fish and Game Commission’s decision Wednesday comes after a

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission plans a public hearing on plans for the next mountain lion hunting season and several others when it meets Wednesday in Pierre. GF&P