Hunting

O’Fallon, Ill. (AP) – William “Slim” Boente and several of his buddies are considered royalty in the turkey hunting world. Boente, a 42-year-old construction worker from O’Fallon, recently completed the Royal Slam of turkey hunting:

Spooner, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin wildlife officials say bass catch-and-release might be working too well. The Department of Natural Resources says a mail survey of bass anglers found they kept only 550,000, or 6 percent,

Charleston, S.C. (AP) – Some South Carolina fishermen say spear fishermen from Florida are exploiting the rules when they take thousands of pounds of game fish from the state’s artificial reefs. The South Carolina fishermen

Harlan, Kentucky (AP) – Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life. A 300-pound (136-kilogram) animal, apparently unhappy that an intruder was on

Shawnee, Kan. (AP) – Johnson County park officials want to bring in sharpshooters to remove about 75 percent of the deer at Shawnee Mission Park next fall. Surveys in 2007 and 2008 found there were

Blounts Creek, N.C. (AP) – More than 54,000 dead fish have been found in Blounts Creek in eastern North Carolina. The North Carolina Division of Water Quality says the fish were found Wednesday morning in

Page, Ariz. (AP) – Boaters on Lake Powell will now have to have federal inspectors check their craft for zebra or quagga mussels before they’re allowed onto the water. The new rules announced on Wednesday