Hook and Bullet
Former VP hunts pheasants in SD
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – This time as a private citizen, former Vice President Dick Cheney hunted pheasants in South Dakota this week. In past years, Air Force II would touch down at the Pierre airport
WI DNR says deer hunter have some common questions
Spooner, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s nine-day whitetail deer hunt is just around the corner and the Department of Natural Resources says there are some common questions that hunters ask. The agency says one of them
Mont. hunter shoots threatening mountain lion
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A 41-year-old Florence man shot and killed a young mountain lion after it stalked his father on a hunting trip near Boulder. Late last month, 64-year-old Duane Cole and his son
Reward offered for info on shot NH bald eagle
Millsfield, N.H. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials are offering a reward to anyone with information that helps catch the person who shot a young bald eagle in Millsfield, N.H., last month. The U.S. Fish and
Michigan considers expansion of crossbow hunting
Lansing, Mich. (AP) – The state is considering expanding options for crossbow hunting. Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission was scheduled to meet Friday to begin discussing expanded opportunities to hunt with the crossbow. Restrictions were loosened
Gillette mulls law to ban bow hunting in the city
Gillette, Wyo. (AP) – The Gillette City Council plans to decide whether bow hunting within city limits is legal. City Attorney Charlie Anderson says there is nothing in city law clearly written prohibiting it, and
License and stamp sales lag
St. Paul – Pheasant and duck population surveys earlier this year showed numbers of both species had dropped since 2008. So far this year, the number of hunters targeting them also has dropped. As of
Gas-drilling blitz spooks PF&BC
Harrisburg, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s position as an industrial powerhouse over the last two centuries came largely from the oil and then coal that were discovered and carelessly removed from the ground beneath the commonwealth.
Parks chief leaving office
Columbus – Owners of a Highland County hunting preserve were ordered to pay $4,582.44 in restitution and a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to federal wildlife trafficking violations. In addition, both men were each sentenced
