Hunting

Sherodan, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department plans to issue 3,000 licenses to hunt deer in an area near Sheridan this fall. The department says recent mild winters and a high reproduction

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is urging hunters to start preparing for the state’s new early fall deer seasons. In the past, hunters had to wait until October to

Springfield, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is offering free hunter safety education courses as the fall hunting season approaches. Officials with the state agency say the courses include instruction on hunting

Helania, Wis. (AP) – The state is purchasing 400 acres of land around an undeveloped lake in Sawyer County. Gov. Jim Doyle says the state will tap the Stewardship Fund for $1.7 million to preserve

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Gov. John Hoeven and North Dakota Game and Fish Director Terry Steinwand want the National Park Service to clarify whether volunteer shooters who would help reduce the bloated elk herd in

Farmington, N.M. (AP) – The state Game Commission is restricting the famed San Juan River Quality Waters to catch-and-release trout fishing as of Sept. 15. The Game Commission voted 6-1 earlier this month in favor

Klamath Falls, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say there have been three cougar sightings reported this week in a neighorhood southwest of Klamath Falls. The first sighting was on Monday and responding troopers later

Barrelville, Md. (AP) – The state of Maryland says it is seeking to buy nearly 1,400 forested mountain acres in Allegany County for use as a public hunting ground. The Cumberland Times-News reported Thursday that

Alphena, Mich. (AP) – Federal and state agencies have waged war in recent years on a once-endangered bird. Comcorants have become so abundant that wildlife managers have blasted tens of thousands with shotguns, destroyed nests