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SC man sentenced in teen hunting death
Orangeburg, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina man has been sentenced in the shooting death of a teenager killed while hunting in the woods. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Wednesday that 53-year-old Dennis

Is archery 30-point buck a new record?
Shiocton, Wis. – Describing himself as a “small-town country boy,” Earl Clement, of Shiocton, hit it big-time on Saturday, Sept. 12, opening day of Wisconsin’s 2009 archery deer season. It’s not that the 42-year-old lift
Bighorn sheep could be taken to other states
Helena, Mont. (AP) – As many as 85 bighorn sheep could be shipped from Montana to Utah and Washington under a proposal endorsed by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission. The sheep would come
S.D. Hunters disappointed by lack of pheasants
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – Many South Dakota hunters who took to the fields in search of pheasant over the weekend returned home empty-handed and frustrated. They say standing crops that farmers haven’t been able
Winning waterfowl, pheasant stamp artists named in WI
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Artists from Ladysmith and Campbellsport have won Wisconsin hunting stamp contests with their paintings of wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources says Craig Fairbert’s depiction of a wood duck pair won
Wolf quota could change after 9 shot near Yellowstone
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Montana are weighing changes to the state’s inaugural wolf hunt after hunters killed nine of the predators in three weeks just outside Yellowstone National Park. More than 1,300
Devils Lake, N.D. walleye hatch sets record
Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says rising water in Devils Lake has helped produce the largest natural walleye hatch that fisheries crews have ever documented. Randy Hiltner, the
Pheasants are down, but hunters are coming to N.D.
Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Hunters and the businesses that cater to them in southwest North Dakota say pheasants can be found, but hunters are having to look a little harder this year. The North Dakota
Maine man 3rd to be hurt while duck-hunting
Mapleton, Maine (AP) – A Maine hunter has been hit with bird shot while duck hunting, the third incident in which a hunter was struck since Oct. 1. The Maine Warden Service says a Mapleton