Fishing
Idaho mulls special wolf tag proposal
Boise, Idaho (AP) – State fish and game officials are considering a plan to issue special wolf hunting tags that would be auctioned to raise money for conservation projects and wolf management. The Idaho Fish
Long turkey-hunting season opens in Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The fall turkey season is under way in Nebraska, and this one will be longer than hunters have enjoyed in the past. The fall season opened Tuesday. Holders of fall turkey
Archers get first crack at state’s deer herd
St. Paul – The longest deer season kicks off Saturday, when bowhunters hit the woods. DNR officials expect nearly 100,000 of them to hunt during the season and, if this year is like those in
DNR ‘secretary bill’ set for Assembly floor
Madison – Two bills that would return the authority to appoint the secretary of the DNR to the Natural Resources Board moved one step forward the first week in September. Assembly Bill 138, authored by
Cautious optimism heading into grouse season
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Spring drumming counts that were up 117 percent in the northwest, 44 percent in the northeast, and 43 percent across the state, suggested it could be a good fall for grouse
Idaho to reintroduce Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Boise, Idaho (AP) – The state Department of Fish and Game plans to remove hybrid fish populations and reintroduce pure Yellowstone cutthroat trout in south-central Idaho waterways at the end of the month. The agency
Wyoming officials report Grand Teton elk poaching case
Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – Two Wyoming brothers from Rawlins who authorities say tried to illegally kill a large bull elk in Grand Teton National Park have received citations. Teton County Sheriff’s deputies issued 25-year-old Ryan
Neb. officials ask for help watching for TB
Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – As deer hunting season gets under way, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking hunters for their help in monitoring the deer population for tuberculosis. Bovine TB was found earlier
Hunt is on for chronic wasting disease in Wyoming
Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – A wildlife official says additional state workers along with federal employees are being assigned to check animals killed during the fall hunting season in northwest Wyoming for chronic wasting disease. John
