Hunting
3 management areas closed due to flooding; spring turkey hunts cancelled
Flooding has closed three wildlife management areas (WMAs) and cancelled the spring turkey hunts previously scheduled there for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Division of Forestry closed the Twin Rivers WMA in Madison, Hamilton and
Louisiana doctoral student tracking fish
Lake Charles, La. (AP) – Who wouldn’t like to know where the specks are on Calcasieu Lake, especially when you can have the scoop almost a year in advance? According to Jody Callihan, a doctoral
Bradwell Unit open by permit to hog hunting
Due to an abundance of wild hogs, a number of hunting opportunities will be available during the coming months on the Bradwell Unit of the Apalachicola Wildlife Management Area. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Va. fishermen plead guilty to rockfish trafficking
Greenbelt, Md. (AP) – Two commercial fishermen from Virginia have pleaded guilty to illegally catching and selling rockfish from the Chesapeake Bay. Federal prosecutors say Jerry Decatur Sr. of Stafford, Va. pleaded guilty Friday to
Five men sentenced in Montana antelope poaching case
For killing 17 antelope illegally over three years, four Minnesota men and a Stanford man had to pay $8,540 in fines, restitution and court costs and each man forfeited his privileges to hunt a and
Wolf Depredations Confirmed; Wolves Killed Under Federal 10j Rule
A landowner shot and killed a wolf on March 18 after witnessing the wolf harassing dogs on private property near Grant southwest of Dillon. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service investigated the incident and determined
Latest threat to MI mail carriers: turkey attacks
Grand Haven, Mich. (AP) – Mail carriers have long had to worry about rain, snow and biting dogs. Now in Grand Haven, they’re facing a new challenge: attacking turkeys. In the past month, eight or
Hunter pleads guilty in WV teen’s shooting death
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – A St. Albans man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a teenager during a turkey hunting trip. Twenty-year-old Andrew Scott Hardin pleaded guilty Friday to a
Connecticut online fishing, hunting licenses booming
Hartford, Conn. (AP) – With the fishing season set to start in just days, many bait and tackle shops are not selling fishing licenses for the first time in decades. One retailer says he can’t
