Hunting
Commission approves SD mountain lion season
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved a mountain lion hunting season aimed at letting hunters kill more of the cats next year. The season last winter allowed
Wyoming man mistakenly kills grizzly
Cody, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says a Powell man has mistakenly killed a grizzly bear that he mistook for a black bear. Warden Craig Sax says the hunter killed the
Fewer South Dakotans hunting waterfowl
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The number of South Dakotans hunting ducks and Canada geese continues to decline. State wildlife officials say there were 13,376 resident duck hunters in 2008, down 14 percent from three years
Floridians will have to pay for saltwater fishing
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – Floridians no longer will be able to fish for free. Beginning Aug. 1, residents must have licenses for shoreline saltwater fishing. They’ll cost $7.50 plus administrative and handling fees when they
La Lawmaker: Hunting with dogs to continue in Kisatchie
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – A Leesville legislator says he received assurances from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that hunting deer with dogs will continue in the Kisatchie National Forest. Rep. James Armes
MN residents can fish free in most state parks
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota residents can fish without a license in most state parks beginning Wednesday. The change is meant to lure people who’ve never fished before into trying it during their state
State’s three-year dove field experiment is over
St. Paul – The state’s managed dove field experiment has been shelved, at least for the time being. The agency since 2006 had managed a number of dove fields on wildlife management areas across the
SD deer season another record
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – State wildlife officials say South Dakota’s 2008 deer season was another record-breaker. Harvest surveys compiled by the Game, Fish and Parks Department show that hunters killed about 74,000 white-tailed deer and
Plea deals offered in ND wildlife killings
Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Four men have until Monday afternoon to accept a plea agreement or go to trial in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they
