Hunting

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s fisheries chief says Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe have gone from “rags to riches.” Greg Power says heavy spring runoff has led to a 28-foot rise in Lake Oahe

Milwaukee (AP) – Wisconsin cranberry growers will be working with state and federal scientists this month on a study of common loon nesting areas. The U.S. Geological Survey says the common loon’s habitat has been

Wheelock, Vt. (AP) – Vermont State Police say a 17-year-old from Lyndon Center was shot and killed by his father Friday morning while the two were turkey hunting in the town of Wheelock. Police say

Zimmerman, Minn. (AP) – An auction of confiscated firearms has resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of bidders in Zimmerman this weekend. State Department of Natural Resources warden Chad Thesing estimated Saturday’s auction attracted more than

Columbia, S.C. (AP) – Gator hunters, gear up. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources beginning Friday is accepting online applications for the 2009 public alligator hunting season. Applicants for the alligator hunting season are

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is lowering the number of deer hunting licenses available this year by about 5,000 from last year’s record 149,400. The Game and Fish Department

Fults, Ill. (AP) – The first day of last year’s firearm deer season yielded an oddity for Glenn Voelker. Voelker, a 64-year-old grain farmer from Fults, shot a 10-point buck from a ground blind in

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are conducting a ceremonial bison hunt on the National Elk Refuge. The hunt was scheduled to start Wednesday and continue on Thursday. This is the second year the

Richmond, Va. (AP) – Officials in Virginia and West Virginia are trying to figure out what’s killing fish in the Shenandoah River basin. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Fish Health Lab in Leestown,