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Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is lowering the number of deer hunting licenses available this year by about 5,000 from last year’s record 149,400. The Game and Fish Department

Fults, Ill. (AP) – The first day of last year’s firearm deer season yielded an oddity for Glenn Voelker. Voelker, a 64-year-old grain farmer from Fults, shot a 10-point buck from a ground blind in

Milwaukee (AP) – Wisconsin cranberry growers will be working with state and federal scientists this month on a study of common loon nesting areas. The U.S. Geological Survey says the common loon’s habitat has been

Wheelock, Vt. (AP) – Vermont State Police say a 17-year-old from Lyndon Center was shot and killed by his father Friday morning while the two were turkey hunting in the town of Wheelock. Police say

Zimmerman, Minn. (AP) – An auction of confiscated firearms has resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of bidders in Zimmerman this weekend. State Department of Natural Resources warden Chad Thesing estimated Saturday’s auction attracted more than

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are conducting a ceremonial bison hunt on the National Elk Refuge. The hunt was scheduled to start Wednesday and continue on Thursday. This is the second year the

Richmond, Va. (AP) – Officials in Virginia and West Virginia are trying to figure out what’s killing fish in the Shenandoah River basin. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Fish Health Lab in Leestown,

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Plea agreements are being worked out with five people charged in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they have ever seen. Game warden

Augusta, Maine (AP) – Maine officials have decided to cancel the monthlong catch-and-release Atlantic salmon season on the Penobscot River that was scheduled to begin Friday. The decision came after federal regulators met with Gov.