Fishing
Get Ready for Spring Gobbler Season
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages hunters to get their gear ready for the upcoming spring gobbler hunting season. The four-week season opens Monday, April 27, and closes on Saturday, May 23,
Va man convicted of baiting, killing bears
Roanoke, Va. (AP) – A Pembroke man has pleaded guilty to baiting and killing bears at a popular Giles County recreation area. Merrill Conley pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally baiting bears in
Blue catfish destined for Dillon Resevoir
Zanesville, Ohio – Fishermen who enjoy catching big catfish may want to keep an eye on Dillon Reservoir, where the DNR Division of Wildlife is planning to stock blue catfish. Recently removed from the endangered
State covets revenue from forest gas wells
Harrisburg – State lawmakers here are casting hungry eyes at Pennsylvania’s state forests these days. Specifically, they’re looking to share in – or perhaps more rightly claim – the wealth that’s already being generated by
PGC says the deer harvest is up 4%
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s recent announcement that hunters harvested an estimated 335,850 deer in the state’s 2008-09 seasons – 4 percent more than the agency’s estimate for the previous year – was greeted
2009 moose lottery to be held in Fort Kent
Augusta, Maine (AP) – Maine’s moose permit lottery is coming to the St. John Valley for the first time. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced Tuesday that the drawing will take place June
Report: CA Police wrong to shoot mountain lion cub
Santa Paula, Calif. (AP) – Santa Paula police officers were not justified in shooting a mountain lion cub and the killing fell outside the department’s own rules, according to an outside review. Police Chief Steve
Hunt on for person who wounded bald eagle in Texas
Angelton, Texas (AP) – Volunteers are rehabilitating a wounded bald eagle that two fishermen found after it fell from its nest near the Brazos River. Meanwhile, federal wildlife officers are trying to find the person
2 arrested for killing bears in Mobile County
Mobile, Ala. (AP) – Authorities arrested two members of the Bucks Outdoorsman Hunting Club in north Mobile County on charges of killing three black bears on club property. Kevin Dodd, assistant chief of the enforcement
