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Crossbow issue is coming to a head

Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in

State preserve hunts open on positive note

Columbus – A program designed to thin the deer herd on mostly unhunted state land is off to a decent start with plans to continue next year. The DNR_Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP)

PETA wants South Dakota school to change its name

Spearfish, S.D. (AP) — The activist animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked school officials to change the name of Spearfish High School to “Sea Kitten High School.” The new

Kentucky lawmakers legalize bear hunting

Frankfort, Ky. (AP) — For two days next December it will be legal to shoot bears in Kentucky, under a rule change that won legislative approval Tuesday, and supporters hope the hunt will help restore

Counties in Minnesota continue to offer bounties for gophers

Mankato, Minn. (AP) — Elaine Poulson is now accustomed to counting gopher tails. They’re delivered in plastic bags or cheap bins, and Poulson counts each one. In Nicollet County’s Lafayette Township, each pocket gopher nets

Proposed Crab Regulations Public Hearing

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has scheduled two public hearings to discuss proposed crab regulations. The first public hearing is at 6:00pm on January 27, 2009 in the meeting room of the Queen Anne’s

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