Hunting
Long turkey-hunting season opens in Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – The fall turkey season is under way in Nebraska, and this one will be longer than hunters have enjoyed in the past. The fall season opened Tuesday. Holders of fall turkey
DNR ‘secretary bill’ set for Assembly floor
Madison – Two bills that would return the authority to appoint the secretary of the DNR to the Natural Resources Board moved one step forward the first week in September. Assembly Bill 138, authored by
In first two weeks, bear hunters exceed ’09 tally
Aitkin, Minn. – Hunters have killed more bears during the first two weeks of this season than they did in all of 2008. As of Monday, the harvest was 2,183 bears; the total kill last
Archers get first crack at state’s deer herd
St. Paul – The longest deer season kicks off Saturday, when bowhunters hit the woods. DNR officials expect nearly 100,000 of them to hunt during the season and, if this year is like those in
NRB takes a look at 16-day gun hunt ideas
Madison – Between now and Dec. 9, Natural Resources Board members want public input on some sort of a deer season framework, possibly based on a 16-day November gun hunt that could take the place
Neb. officials ask for help watching for TB
Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – As deer hunting season gets under way, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking hunters for their help in monitoring the deer population for tuberculosis. Bovine TB was found earlier
Hunt is on for chronic wasting disease in Wyoming
Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – A wildlife official says additional state workers along with federal employees are being assigned to check animals killed during the fall hunting season in northwest Wyoming for chronic wasting disease. John
Ind. youth deer hunt opens to wider age range
Spencer, Ind. (AP) – Indiana’s annual deer hunt for young hunters has been expanded to give a larger number of youngsters a chance to bag a deer. Past youth deer hunts were open only to
Controversy over cougar-hunting season continues in Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – The divisive conflict over how long the mountain lion-hunting season should be is far from over, even two years after a unanimous vote by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to
