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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

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

Valley City, N.D. (AP) – State wildlife officials say a Valley City man bagged the 200th bighorn sheep in the North Dakota badlands. Jerad Enger shot the ram on Saturday south of Medora. Game and

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

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

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. (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

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – Saturday marks the opening of elk hunts in Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. Grand Teton is mandated by federal law to conduct an elk

Salem, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife advocates are protesting the state’s move to expand a program to hunt cougars to reduce conflicts with livestock, big game, people and pets. Opponents say it will only lead to