Hunting

Bozeman, Montana (AP) – Hunters are killing grizzly bears in record numbers around Yellowstone National Park and researchers say the once-endangered predator is expanding across the region. Bears are being seen – and killed –

Gatlinburg, Tenn. (AP) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting for its “Elk Bugle Corps” – a volunteer group that helps visitors who want to see the park’s elk herd. The elk have

Pennsylvania artist Steve Oliver’s painting featuring a canvasback duck will become the 2010 Delaware Duck Stamp. A painting of brook trout by Donnie Hughes of Lexington, S.C., will appear on the 2010 Delaware Trout Stamp.

Olympia – The Puget Sound recreational crab season gets under way June 18, although anglers will see later start dates for Hood Canal and the San Juan Islands this year. The Dungeness crab season in

One of California’s biggest trout fishing openers is coming up on April 25. Numerous waters opening April 25 are already planted with 8-12 inch-long catchable size trout. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will

Applications for this fall’s black bear hunt are due by May 1. They are available at any of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) 1,650 license agents or online. Hunters interested in the Sept.

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) – An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to taking more than 70 trout from a fish hatchery in Iowa. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say that 30-year-old Mark

Nearly 90,000 Minnesotans will receive a postcard this spring that encourages them to continue to enjoy Minnesota’s outdoors by going fishing. The mailing is a joint effort of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR)

Great Bend, Kan. (AP) – Authorities are seeking any information about who may have shot about 15 animals and laid them across a county road in central Kansas. The carcasses of several rabbits, a possum,