Fishing

Oklahoma City (AP) — The Oklahoma House declared open season on feral hogs Monday, adopting legislation that would authorize sharpshooters in helicopters to bag the field-shredding animals that can weigh up to 400 pounds and

New Orleans (AP) — The federal government has designated nearly 1,900 square miles of Louisiana forest and nearby land in 15 parishes as critical habitat for the Louisiana black bear. The move won’t affect private

Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and Young Sportsman Foundation, along with the support of local state chapters of the National Wild Turkey Federation and Quail Unlimited, will host a youth-only turkey hunt

Bangor, Maine (AP) — Cross-country skiers who set out on a crisp, moonlit night for a quiet outing in Bangor’s city forest are being targeted by an ornery owl. Over the past three weeks, at

Spearfish, S.D. (AP) — Information from this year’s hunting season on mountain lions will be used by state game officials to make a recommendation for next year’s season to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.

Billings, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he was upholding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in the Northern Rockies and the

Portland, Ore. (AP) — The federal agency in charge of saving salmon in the Columbia River Basin from extinction should have a plan in place to remove dams on the lower Snake River if necessary,

Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners, in a notational vote, yesterday gave preliminary approval to a regulatory change that would allow hunters to use magnifying scopes on bows or crossbows during the archery

Austwell, Texas (AP) — Eighteen whooping crane deaths around a South Texas wildlife refuge has made this winter the second-worst for whooper mortality in 20 years. Another 34 cranes from last year failed to return