Fishing
Ind. youth deer hunt opens to wider age range
Spencer, Ind. (AP) – Indiana’s annual deer hunt for young hunters has been expanded to give a larger number of youngsters a chance to bag a deer. Past youth deer hunts were open only to
Controversy over cougar-hunting season continues in Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – The divisive conflict over how long the mountain lion-hunting season should be is far from over, even two years after a unanimous vote by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to
Alaska: Wolf, bear hunts increasing moose, caribou
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state
S.D. TIPs program yields 170 arrests in past year
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Authorities made 170 arrests for hunting and fishing violations in the past year because of information provided through a tip line. The Turn In Poachers program administered by the Game,
Angry hunters denied doe permits in Erie County
Erie, Pa. – Gary Burton didn’t give it a second thought when he dropped his application for an antlerless deer permit in the mail on July 11.
Deer harvest could be smaller
Starting herd will be smaller; Deer kill topped a quarter million last year Athens, Ohio – Coming off a year where a record 252,017 deer were killed, there’s no place to go but up for
Doctoral student studies northwestern Minn. bears
Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) – Male black bears in northwestern Minnesota have the largest home ranges ever recorded for the species in North America. That’s the finding three years into a four-year study of black
World’s vultures in trouble, but in Pa. they’re doing fine
Pittsburgh – Pennsylvania’s vulture populations are thriving, according to researchers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.
