Hunting
In elk range, agency gets a win, loss
Benezette, Pa. – For the Pennsylvania Game Commission, these are best of times and the worst of times on the Keystone State elk range.
5 pronghorn illegally shot in NE Wyoming
Newcastle, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is investigating the illegal shooting of five pronghorn antelope in the northeast part of the state. The agency says the antelope were killed along U.S.
Federal judge says gray wolf hunts can continue
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A federal judge said Wednesday that gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies can go on, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first organized wolf
Deer harvest could be smaller
Starting herd will be smaller; Deer kill topped a quarter million last year Athens, Ohio – Coming off a year where a record 252,017 deer were killed, there’s no place to go but up for
Feds plan nationwide meetings for CRP
Public input meeting slated for Sept. 21 in Moorhead Washington – The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced it will host nine meetings across the nation during the next 30 days regarding the Conservation Reserve
World’s vultures in trouble, but in Pa. they’re doing fine
Pittsburgh – Pennsylvania’s vulture populations are thriving, according to researchers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.
Angry hunters denied doe permits in Erie County
Erie, Pa. – Gary Burton didn’t give it a second thought when he dropped his application for an antlerless deer permit in the mail on July 11.
Doctoral student studies northwestern Minn. bears
Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) – Male black bears in northwestern Minnesota have the largest home ranges ever recorded for the species in North America. That’s the finding three years into a four-year study of black
