Hunting
Oklahoma to launch bear hunt this week
Oklahoma City (AP) – Oklahoma is to open a hunt for bear on Thursday in four counties in the southeastern part of the state. The hunt will be conducted in Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and
Lack of food won’t hurt WVa squirrel hunt
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Hunters worried that a lack of squirrel food will make the critters scarce during this year’s hunting season can relax. Paul Johansen of the state Division of Natural Resources says squirrels
Mich. officials track disease that killed deer
Fenton, Mich. (AP) – State officials suspect the deaths of more than 100 deer in southeast Michigan may have been caused by the same disease that killed animals in 2006 and 2008. The Detroit Free
Pa man pleads to charges related to hunting fatal
Weston, W.Va. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting a turkey hunter has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor negligent shooting and no contest to felony wanton endangerment. Robert Tobias of Millersburg, Pa., also pleaded
SD pheasant plan available for review
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says people can review the agency’s five-year draft management plan for pheasants. The 84-page report covers how the department proposes to manage the
Duck harvest shows fairly large decline
Washington – U.S. waterfowl hunters killed about 13.7 million ducks last season, a drop from 2007, when they killed nearly 14.6 million ducks. Ohio contributed to that decline; the total duck kill dropped by more
Sportsmen groups outraged by regulatory head’s confirmation
Washington – The U.S. Senate on Sept. 9 voted to end debate on the nomination of what the Columbus, Ohio-based U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance calls one of the most outspoken animal rights, anti-hunting, and anti-Second Amendment
$4.6 million gift will buy new wildlife area land
Carbondale, Ohio – The state will use a $4.6 million gift to purchase the newest wildlife area in southeast Ohio. The money, the largest gift in the history of the DNR Division of Wildlife, will
Large tract of new small-game habitat open in Union County
Hartleton, Pa. – Nearly 40 local sportsmen and women gathered Aug. 26 for the dedication of a sizable addition to State Game Land 317 in Union County.
