Hunting

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say 6,805 turkey licenses will be available to hunters this fall, a drop of 17 percent from last year. But an additional 1,300 licenses may be used

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new state record buffalo fish. The state Game and Fish Department says Joshua Bartz of Bismarck landed the 51-pound, 4-ounce buffalo in the Missouri River near Fox

Kodiak, Alaska (AP) – State officials are closing or restricting several sport fisheries in the Kodiak area because of late salmon runs. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says restriction go into effect Monday.

Greenbelt, Md. (AP) – A St. Mary’s County seafood company owner has pleaded guilty to creating false records and transporting illegally harvested wildlife. Robert Lumpkins, who owns Golden Eye Seafood LLC, falsely recorded the amount

O’Fallon, Ill. (AP) – William “Slim” Boente and several of his buddies are considered royalty in the turkey hunting world. Boente, a 42-year-old construction worker from O’Fallon, recently completed the Royal Slam of turkey hunting:

Spooner, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wildlife officials say bass catch-and-release might be working too well. The Department of Natural Resources says a mail survey of bass anglers found they kept only 550,000, or 6 percent,

Shawnee, Kan. (AP) – Johnson County park officials want to bring in sharpshooters to remove about 75 percent of the deer at Shawnee Mission Park next fall. Surveys in 2007 and 2008 found there were

Blounts Creek, N.C. (AP) – More than 54,000 dead fish have been found in Blounts Creek in eastern North Carolina. The North Carolina Division of Water Quality says the fish were found Wednesday morning in