One Man Dies After Hunting Accident
WRIC
A Glen Allen man is dead after accidentally being shot in the head after hunting. It happened at Barnetts Road and Route 5 in Charles City County Saturday. ...

Man shot in hunting incident
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A Wauwatosa man is recovering after being shot in a hunting incident in Grant County Saturday morning. Rex M. Ballinger, 36, was transported by private ...

Outdoors Girl: Sunday hunting ban explained
Baltimore Sun
By Candus Thomson Tim Wist of Baltimore County writes: I cannot figure out why there is still a ban on Sunday hunting in just four of Maryland's 23 counties ...

Jim Collins: Hunting Memories -- Bear and Deer camp -- Part 1
Towanda Daily Review
The Pennsylvania Black Bear hunting season opens Nov. 23 and runs for three days on our area. I have fond memories of the times I spent hunting the elusive ...

Man rescued from Everglades still recuperating
The News-Press
He had been missing since Monday afternoon after going deer hunting. Mosch is resting peacefully this morning at the hospital, according to officials. ...

Fatal shooting of student distresses Va. community known for love of outdoors
Washington Post
He donned blaze orange to comply with Virginia hunting laws and packed his .35-caliber, high-powered rifle, equipped with a scope to get a better bead on ...

Idaho extends length of wolf-hunting season
Los Angeles Times
In what may be an effort to assure quotas are reached, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has decided to extend the wolf-hunting season through March 31 in ...

Deer Hunting Opening Weekend
WBNG-TV
Fall through early winter is the peak season for vehicle-deer collisions in New York State because of hunting and breeding seasons.

Deer hunting season in Pennsylvania and New Jersey is a time to think about ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
By Marcia White Express-Times PhotoStaying safe when out at your favorite spot during deer hunting season is obvious, but experts say hunters who plan to ...

Georgia Hunters Donate Deer For the Hungry
13wmaz
During deer hunting season, many hunters aim to bring home dinner. But some choose to help feed others through the Georgia Hunters for the Hungry Program. ...

Deer Hunting Accident; Numerous Vehicle-Deer Accidents Reported
WJBD Online
The first deer hunting injury has been reported in the area. Jefferson Rural Firemen say 31-year-old Jonathan Burkholder of Ewing received apparent minor ...

Gov. Quinn ushers in deer season, encourages outdoor recreation
Chicago Sun-Times
Governor Pat Quinn helped launch the Illinois firearm deer hunting season and promoted the economic and quality-of-life benefits of nature-based tourism and ...

Sunny start for deer hunting season
Times Herald-Record
By Stephen Sacco Saturday's highs in the 50s and clear skies offered an auspicious start to deer hunting season all across southern New York. ...

Elk hunting runs through Tuesday
Longview Daily News
Archers and muzzleloaders will then take the field for deer and elk Nov. 25. Although the late buck season is only four days long, it usually accounts for ...

W.Va. braces for 'great' deer season
Beckley Register-Herald
Even in difficult economic times like we're going through right now, I don't think that's going to have a major impact on folks getting out and deer hunting ...

Colo. poacher caught on video; officials say illegal hunting's on the rise
Denver Post
Earlier this month, Battaglia, of Craig, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing three or more big-game animals and to hunting elk without a license in ...

PREVIEW: Douglas County men bag bull elk in Cascades
NRToday.com
On Oct. 17, the opening day of the Cascade bull elk hunting season for rifle hunters, the two teamed up to take down a trophy bull that sported a ...

Safety should come first
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Despite the large number of hunters, PGC statistics prove that deer hunting safety is improving. In 1998 there were 32 hunting-related shooting incidents ...

PREVIEW: Douglas County men bag bull elk in Cascades
NRToday.com
On Oct. 17, the opening day of the Cascade bull elk hunting season for rifle hunters, the two teamed up to take down a trophy bull that sported a ...

Man shot Saturday in accidental hunting-related accident
Baxter Bulletin
George Alan Courtway, 45, of Mountain Home was injuried Saturday in an incident involvong the accidental discharge of a weapon. At approximately 4:30 pm, ...

Hudson man dies while hunting in Pennsylvania
Hudson Hub-Times
12, but says it appears Welder died of heart-related problems. Police say Welder's relatives went looking for him and found him about 5:30 pm Wednesday in a ...

Elk Season Average Here, but Poor Elsewhere
Centralia Chronicle
Muzzleloader late elk hunts begin on Nov. 25 in all open gmus and close on either Dec. 8 or 15, again depending on unit. Meanwhile, most westside bear ...

10 tips for bear hunters before season starts
GoErie.com
Contacting the Pennsylvania Game Commission is a good way of finding productive bear hunting. "Eastern parts of WMUs 1A and 1B clearly have a growing ...

Camping with guns: There's more to hunting than just killing an animal
Greeley Tribune
The wind was annoying, but more than that, it was announcing the presence of two men who hadn't showered in half a week to every deer and elk that was below ...

Too many acorns lead to too many bears
Dailyrecord.com
Before the llama's owners watched its gory death, they didn't support bear hunting. Watching a predator eat changes minds. Another bear with better table ...

Hunters take aim: Success expected to be same as last year
Gaylord Herald Times
Both Rozanski and Kintigh will be hunting this season. “The weather going into the season seems favorable,” Kintigh said. “Some tracking snow would be nice ...

A potential hit season
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Last year's statewide bear harvest of 3458 was the second highest since the commission began keeping records in 1915. For Duffy, his only bear hunting ...

Maryland Canada Goose Season Opens
AmmoLand.com (press release)
The 2009-2010 Maryland Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons flier is also available online and at most licensing agents. Hunters are encouraged to report ...

Dad, son on hunting trip die in NJ plane crash
The Associated Press
WOODBINE, NJ — A small plane has crashed in southern New Jersey, killing a father and son headed to Indiana for a hunting trip. The single-engine A200 Piper ...

The hunt is on: Mich. firearm deer season opens
Chicago Tribune
AP Hunting hours run a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset throughout the state. The Department of Natural Resources says licensed hunters ...

Preparing for Hunting Season a Year-Long Task
Wheeling News Register
Kids will miss school, dads will call in sick and deer camps across the state will come alive with the sights and sounds of the impending hunting season. ...

Hunters Helping the Hungry needs donations to keep providing venison to the needy
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
For the 2007-2008 hunting season, we processed 8000 pounds of venison. For 2008-2009, we processed 12000 pounds." Since September, the HHH has accepted more ...

Man dies on hunting trip
Aspen Daily News
by Troy Hooper, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer David Parmeter had been on a hunting trip with three other valley residents in the Triangle Peak area, ...

White-tailed deer takes over as top hunting season
Fremont Tribune
While it seemed in my youth that the opening day of pheasant season was the primary hunting holiday in the state, I believe deer – white-tailed deer in ...

Hunters take shot at open season
Battle Creek Enquirer
The first day of Michigan's deer hunting season had been just a walk in the woods for two brothers. "Nothing so far but we have heard a lot of shooting," ...

Pilot on his way to deer hunt disappears
Minneapolis Star Tribune
En route from Lakeville to northwestern Minnesota on Friday for his annual deer-hunting excursion, Lindberg's small plane disappeared between Staples in ...

Notes: Family hunts available
Omaha World-Herald
Monday is the deadline for registering for Smokepole Deer Hunting, a muzzleloader deer hunting workshop, to be held Thursday at Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium. ...

Ready...Aim...Deer hunting season is here
WILX-TV
Sunday, November 15, 2009 officially started the deer hunting season in Michigan. Hunters across the state have been anxiously waiting for these next two ...

Rochester man hurt in deer hunting accident
Post-Bulletin
DULUTH -- A deer hunter from Rochester was badly injured Friday morning after being accidentally shot in the left forearm. Greg Reich, 47, was hunting near ...

Got deer? Thank the state
Independent Press - NJ.com
Many people support deer hunting only because they consider it to be a necessary evil. However, deer populations are manipulated; hunting is not deer ...

Crossbow Country expands again, with Michigan and Pennsylvania ...
By OHF
Now crossbows are legal during any deer hunting season in southern Michigan. Pennsylvania anti-crossbow forces almost thwarted the new crossbow season last month, but proposed restrictions were tossed out and crossbows are legal during ...

Seven arrested for smuggling wildlife products into China
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Seven people, including two Tibetans, have been arrested for illegal trafficking of wild life articles into China and Tibet. ...

Alligator under car bites Land O'Lakes man's hands
Tampabay.com
But when Joseph Cannistra reached below just after midnight Sunday, he discovered a 5-foot gator, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Busy season for car-vs.-deer accidents
Daily Republic
Schauer said increased access to hunting licenses and opportunities have lowered deer populations across South Dakota. He said the changes have especially ...

Orange a safety fashion statement for area's hunters
Bennington Banner
According to statistics released by Saunders, there have been 350 hunting-related firearm incidents between 1972 and 2008, 31 of them were fatal. ...

Local hunting-related school absences on par with other years
Daily Inter Lake
So far this season, the number of hunting-related absences seems to be on par with or slightly lower than previous seasons. Absences at most schools were ...

Ore. family implicated in Portland hunter's death
KTVB
A Scappoose family may have been involved in an altercation with a Portland hunter who died in a suspicious hunting incident out in Wheeler County some ...

Outdoorsman bags both 20-pound turkey, 120-pound black bear
Baltimore Sun
But on Oct. 28, as he climbed an old logging road on the eastern side of Dan's Mountain in Allegany County, he nearly ran into his bear. His hunt was over ...

11-Year-Old Idaho Boy Shoots Problem Bear Off Front Porch
Field and Stream
An 11-year-old boy killed a bear at point-blank range last Wednesday night after it wouldn't leave his family's porch. The boy was at home with his younger ...

Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing
The Associated Press
Sport hunting in the 1950s and '60s dropped polar bear numbers to dangerously low levels and led to a 1973 international treaty that limited hunting, ...

 Ask Outdoors Girl: Why no 'hunting' link on DNR's home page?
Baltimore Sun
I find it disheartening that it fails to include a hunting link on the main page. It lists: Our Waters, Fishing, Boating, Parks, Wildlife, Trees and Site ...

Schmitt outdoors column: Hunting results are mixed
St. Cloud Times
An unseasonably warm September made for some tough hunting conditions, but the first month of the season still provided some highlights. ...

Bow hunting is cruel, indeed
Baltimore Sun
The letter claiming bow hunting is humane and anti-hunters are ill-informed and lie (Readers respond, Sept. 24) cries out for a response. ...

MV Mayor to ask for end to hunting on the Wedge
The Daily Planet
... travel six miles or more — and the abundance of hunting land in this area. The issue was precipitated after a hunter shot a bear on the land last month. ...

Notes: First time for deer hunt at Mahoney
Omaha World-Herald
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is looking for hunters to hunt antlerless deer in designated areas of Mahoney State Park. Deer hunting has not been ...

He's 84. She's 76. And they're loaded for bear
Detroit Free Press
One year, the owner took the Lovelesses on a bear hunting trip near Hadashville, Manitoba. "We really enjoyed it," Ivan Loveless said. ...

Wildlife Code Changes Now in Effect
Kansas City infoZine
Jefferson City, MO - infozine - Changes to Missouri's Wildlife Code that went into effect July 1 affect youth and nonresident permits, the antler-point ...

Bear population booms, aim is to lessen encounters
Asheville Citizen-Times
Like the national park, hunting is prohibited in most gated communities and developments, creating de facto bear sanctuaries. Watersheds in the area also ...

Change in budget procedure could hurt wildlife projects
TheDay
To be eligible for the federal grants, administered by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and known as Pittman-Robertson Act funds, states must agree that all ...

Let's harvest the use of this word
The Union Leader
It was a Fish and Game news release on the bear-hunting season. "This year's harvest is 13 percent above the 5-year in-season average of 275 bears for this ...

Vermont Edition: Vermont's Hunting Culture
Hunting is a way of life for many in our region. Bow and arrow seasons for deer and turkeys are already underway, and so are the seasons for black bear and moose. We explore the traditions and culture of hunting in Vermont-what it says ...

bkoehn in North Dakota Duck Hunting
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Winter-like conditions made for laborious duck hunting. Most small sloughs were capped with ice. The few that still had open water were crowded with ducks. ...

Rifle hunters lucky to spot elk on public land
Grand Junction Sentinel
Add to this near-constant state of nerves caused by a few scofflaw hunters out riding herd on elk and you have the makings of a lackluster hunting season. ...

Crossville man dies in Colorado hunting accident
WBIR-TV
A Crossville family is mourning the loss of a loved one who apparently died on a hunting trip in Colorado. The Aspen Daily News reported that Randy Neal of ...

West Hartford Man Wounded In Hunting Accident
Hartford Courant
By BILL LEUKHARDT The Hartford Courant CANAAN - A West Hartford man out hunting Saturday morning on opening day for small game was wounded in the face, ...

Out of the woods: Where to hike during hunting season
Grand Junction Sentinel
However, here's the question: Where should you hike during big game hunting season? If you're hunting, you might as well hike where the deer and elk are ...

US hunters, anglers lobby for climate bill
Washington Post
Twenty national hunting and fishing groups urged senators in a letter last month to ensure "the climate legislation you consider in the Senate both reduces ...

Soldier's hunting gear stolen in South Bend
Chicago Tribune
AP SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Hunting gear belonging to a US soldier serving in Iraq has been stolen from a South Bend storage unit. WSBT-TV reports the lock on ...

On the move
Centre Daily Times
The agency controls the elk population through hunting, and all of western Pennsylvania — including the area around Prince Gallitzin State Park — is in the ...

Digital camo revolutionizing deer hunts
The Spokesman Review
Deer and elk are not sensitive to deep red colors, Neitz said. Is the Optifade concealment as effective for hunting predators as it is for ungulates? ...

In trying times, hunters go after deer to put food on the table
Indianapolis Star
By Will Higgins Kenny Weaver, furloughed from his job at a Paoli furniture factory, faced the hiatus like a sportsman: He went deer hunting. ...

Hunting season put coyotes in the crosshairs
MetroWest Daily News
What will be a nearly six-month long coyote hunting season began yesterday statewide as hunters take to the deep woods and forested pockets between areas of ...

RUSSELL SMITH: Bull elk has last laugh
San Angelo Standard Times
He just stood there, hung up as they say in elk hunting lingo. We had a standoff and it was nearly dark. “When you get in real close, sometimes you can use ...

Amur Tiger Numbers Dropping - Care2 News Network
By Cher C.
"We are seriously concerned, - said Yuri Dunishenko, a senior fellow All-Russia Research Institute of hunting and farming (VNIIOZ) and coordinator of the Program Monitoring Amur tiger. - Heavy snowfall this winter could force the Tigers ...

Report: Deer hunting should be allowed in Fairfield
Connecticut Post
By Genevieve Reilly FAIRFIELD -- Controlled hunting of deer would be allowed on town properties under a recommendation in the draft report prepared by a ...

celebrate community: Colleagues rally around stricken doctor
Billings Gazette
It clearly frustrates Wardell, a wiry, youthful and energetic father of six who was on an elk hunting trip with his son Wade near Nye the day of the stroke. ...

Mentor program gives youth a taste of deer hunting
Green Bay Press Gazette
... a 10-pointer — with one shot from a 20-gauge shotgun, thanks to a new state program that allows children as young as 10 to hunt deer in Wisconsin. ...

Seminar to focus on new hunters
Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
Wayne Harrell of Boligee will lead the section on deer hunting. White-tailed deer are the number one game in the state. “About 80 percent of the hunting ...

Alligator kills Yorkie near golf course
MiamiHerald.com
Wildlife officials say a 5-foot-long alligator snatched a Yorkshire terrier near a pond at a Fort Myers country club. Cheryl Young said she was outside her ...

Hanoi restaurant campaign wants wildlife off menus
Reuters India
More than 150 restaurants have joined a campaign against the consumption of endangered wildlife in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, where animals from porcupines to ...

Deer buck efforts to thin their numbers at research reserve in Wells
MaineToday.com
Hunters will tell you, hunting takes time. Never has that proven more true than at a Wells reserve, where a special deer hunt for archers is far from ...

Commission OKs new hunting regs
East Oregonian
... will help keep elk on the wildlife area and off adjacent private agricultural land. •The Heppner Regulated Hunt Area will be open to archery hunting. ...

Fish and Wildlife Commission has vacancy
The Olympian
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission seeks applicants to fill a vacancy on its advisory committee for people with disabilities. ...

Man puts passion for nature, wildlife to work with business
Times Record News
By Richard Carter Torin Halsey/Times Record News Wildlife artist Mathieu Herbelin works on a large-mouth bass at his taxidermy studio on Burkburnett Road. ...

After war, wildlife returns to Sudan - Care2 News Network
By Cher C.
For years, people here thought of the zebras, giraffes, buffalo, hartebeest, and other animals that once roamed this vast, trackless region as just another collective casualty of southern Sudan's 20-year civil war.

Elk Tags Available For Grand Teton National Park
cbs4denver.com
(AP) ― The Wyoming Department of Game says some licenses to hunt elk at Grand Teton National Park are still available. Mark Gocke is public information ...

Urban deer hunting up with help of cold weather
Columbia Missourian
Large deer populations in urban areas can result in more deer-vehicle collisions, and they often damage landscaping and crops. Statewide urban deer hunting ...

Flathead Elk Poaching Case
KPAX-TV
Wardens say this wasn't subsistence hunting or an accident. FWP encourages people with information to call 1-800-TIP MONT. They can remain anonymous and may ...

ID released of man shot by deputies in Elk River
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He was convicted multiple times of driving without a valid license, along with drunken driving and illegal transport of a hunting weapon in a motor vehicle, ...

Hunting in the Elk Valley: three bucks for four teens
The Free Press
... 12 years old and hunts with a 7mm rifle. Cameron just recently shot a 6 point bull elk while Jacob and Alex have passed up a couple small 6 point bulls. ...

Hunt for person who shot and dumped Grizzly bear
The Free Press
by CO Joe Garay by Rebecca Edwards Fernie – Two grizzly shooting incidents this month have laid bare the two sides of the hunting community – those who ...

Life-Long Dream Hunt Ends Quickly
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Smith has been bow hunting since 1992, targeting white-tailed deer and wild pigs. "I have always wanted to go on an elk hunt in Colorado," he explained. ...

New York man fined $12090 in elk killing near Glenwood Springs
Fox 31 KDVR.com
... killed the bull elk on a private ranch on Sept. 27. Post was fined $2090 for hunting without a proper license and unlawful possession of wildlife, ...

Big Cat News: Nepal river turns Dudhwa into watery grave for wildlife
By TigerAngel
Nepal river turns Dudhwa into watery grave for wildlife. Manjari Mishra & Bipin Chand Agarwal11 October 2009, 06:07am IST LUCKNOW/ BAHRAICH: With their habitat under two meters of water, survival poses a tough challenge to tiger and ...

Second Attempt At Yukon Territory Hunt Pays Off For Tyler Hunter
Tyler Morning Telegraph
He knew the area was closed to bear hunting, but offered a good chance for a woodlands caribou. "After we landed we had to wait for six hours before we ...

Firefighter preps for wild escape
Suburban Life Publications
By Bill Ackerman Downers Grove firefighter Greg Curry wins the hunting trip of a lifetime, elk hunting in Colorado through Escape to the Wild, which runs on ...

Shark fin ban ends cruel slaughter - Last News from Earth-Stream ...
Ministers act to close a loophole in EU law that lets fishermen mutilate rare species and dump them in the sea to dieA ban on shark finning in UK waters is to be introduced by the government, ministers will announce this week.

Grizzly bear mauls sleeping hunters in BC
Calgary Herald
Both men said the attack will have them thinking twice before going on overnight hunts alone. "It's very rare to get attacked by a grizzly bear in your tent ...

NH taking part in national hunting, fishing expo
WCAX
The department's headquarters in Concord are haivng more than 50 exhibitors from sporting groups and hunting and fishing product manufacturers Saturday. ...

Crossbows get their shot at deer hunting
MLive.com
The 81-year-old has killed 71 deer with a regular bow and is eager to try the crossbow on opening day of archery deer hunting season. ... 

OUTDOOR BRIEFS
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The report references aerial surveys, which point to a 2009-10 chukar hunting season that should be good for most of Nevada with some areas providing ...

High tech report from Arizona elk country
Wahpeton Daily News
by Curt Wells As I write these words I'm stretched out on my cot in a tent smack in the middle of some of the best elk hunting country in the world. ...

John Weiss: Fall from tree was a hunter's nightmare
Post-Bulletin
Would he again hunt and fish with his children -- Zach, Nick and Savannah -- or take his dream elk hunting trip to the Rockies? Would he be able to hold his ...

Ready to go hunting
Idaho State Journal
Her original wish was for a rifle so she could go on her first deer and elk hunt with her grandfather, Walt Parker. But the Make-A-Wish Foundation could not ...

Hunter education courses a must for today's sportsman
LubbockOnline.com
There were 26 documented hunting-related accidents in 2008, including six fatal occurrences. Dove-hunting accidents topped the list with seven incidents, ...

No local hunters drawn for '09 elk license
Cameron County Endeavor
A Jefferson County applicant, Andrew Emery of Brookville, was among 20 chosen for a bull elk-hunting license. William Harris of DuBois was one of 39 hunters ...

Officials hoping for improved turnout at National Hunting and ...
Charleston Gazette
By John McCoy If the weather cooperates, organizers of West Virginia's National Hunting and Fishing Days Celebration expect 19000 people - or more - to show ...

New Mexico Elk Hunt ON!
Outdoor Life Magazine
I wasn't lucky enough to draw an archery tag in New Mexico this year and with a love of elk hunting that is insatiable, I couldn't help but purchase a ...

West Texas ranches struggle to stay afloat
Dallas Morning News
Marianne "Bunny" Beard laments it has become tougher to find skilled cowboys who can rope and ride and brand livestock and do all the other ranch-related ...

Hunting season: Not 'like it used to be'
Grand Junction Free Press
There weren't as many elk to hunt back then. We just went deer hunting. According to my buddy and Mesa County Commissioner Steve Acquafresca — Colorado has ...

Bow hunters may shoot deer on land in Waupun
The Reporter
"It's not like opening day of deer hunting season," Hirchert said. The cost of a hunt averages between $2000 to $4000, said Hirchert. ...

Nashoba man takes first bear in Oklahoma hunt
KTEN
(AP) - A 34-year-old Nashoba man has taken the first bear in Oklahoma's first black bear hunting season. Joe Russell killed the 200-plus pound bear with a ...

Sport of hunting riddled with challenges
Detroit Free Press
One thing about sitting alone for hours in a deer stand: You get plenty of time to think. I spent my time thinking about how to fix deer hunting. ...

'Three-ring' circus of hunters greets opening day for deer
OregonLive.com
But not this day. Schoenborn's shift ended at noon without a single violation. And today, he plans to head to eastern Oregon to go deer hunting with his dad.

Small Game Provide Big Rewards; Season Opens Today
Catskill Daily Mail
Not recognizing anything about his old hunting grounds, Harry knew he was in bear country when he spotted a patch of woods that was loaded with acorns. ...

Bear hunt goes on in southeastern Oklahoma
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma was the 29{+t}{+h} state to legalize black bear hunting. Some states allow baiting on private property. Others do not. ...

Steve Carson's "Outdoors": Klamath River salmon fishing flowing
Enterprise-Record
Prospects for success in the 2010 wild turkey hunting season at the BCCER appear mixed, according to Jeff Mott, Director of the Reserve. ...

Hodge: Good time to be a hunter in Tennessee
Knoxville News Sentinel
How's that stack up against the deer hunters? You figure deer hunting is open in all 95 Tennessee counties. Bear hunting this time of year is open in 10. ...

Man dies after shooting self while deer hunting
KFGO
The Itasca County sheriff says 77-year-old Daniel Otto Cermak was hunting north of Deer River Saturday morning with a 30-30 lever action rifle when it ...

Popularity growing for deer hunting
San Antonio Express
To the uninitiated, hunting is a foreign world of trophy jackets, deer blinds and antler size. But to the owners of Los Cazadores, a one-stop hunting ...

Deer zone designations a matter of concentration
Louisville Courier-Journal
Some big deer come from that area, but finding them requires some leg work in difficult country. "There is a lot of interest in deer hunting in those ...

Adirondack Men Accused Of Poaching Bears
WPTZ.com
RAY BROOK, NY -- Less than two weeks into the early bear hunting season, state Environmental Conservation Police have charged 10 men with poaching. ...

Venison Donation Program: Hunters Donating Deer to Food Shelves in Minnesota
About - Cities & Towns
About half a million Minnesotans will be going deer hunting this weekend for the season opener, and between them shoot 200000 deer during the season. ...

Brimley teenager bags bruin
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Brittainy said she is done bear hunting at least for 2009, having already filled her tag. Her hunting partners are still looking to bag a bear of their own ...

'Barcodes' tackle bush meat trade
BBC News
By Jon Stewart Researchers have developed a new tool in the fight against the illegal hunting and trading of wild animals. "We can use a small sequence of ...

Deer-vehicle collisions rise in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
An additional 200 acres of Moraine State Park will be open for archery deer hunting during the late season. Park officials recently decided to allow hunting ...

Melrose Teen Shot While Deer Hunting
KSTP.com
A Melrose teenager was released from the hospital Sunday after being shot during a weekend hunting trip. Deputies say the group flushed out a deer and four ...

DNR: Bait to hunt deer still illegal
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
The Department of Natural Resources is reminding people that baiting for the purposes of deer hunting is illegal, and that it will be watching for violators ...

A look back at history of small game hunting
GoErie.com
The trend of declining numbers of hunters is dwarfed by the decline in participation in small game hunting. This, more than any other single factor, ...

Outdoor Journal: Only ethically responsible hunters can save hunting
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Urbanization, mushrooming human populations, diminishing public hunting lands, political pressure from various quarters and other factors make the ...

North Carolina's 2009 Deer Outlook Part 1: Our Top Hunting Areas
North Carolina Game and Fish Magazine
Good weather during the deer-hunting season likely plays a big role. We had another relatively mild winter, which typically helps the harvest in the Western ...

Union orders rangers to defy hunting in parks
Sydney Morning Herald
UNION bosses have pledged to fight any deal the Rees Government negotiates with the Shooters' Party that would allow the hunting of feral animals in ...

Corrections officer suspended after hunting accident
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Mr. Brunelle, a 19-year veteran working at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, is accused of shooting Bernard H. Sharlow, 38, while hunting Thursday ...

A love of hunting brought couple together
San Diego Union Tribune
By Ed Zieralski Tami and Daniel Posada met while hunting in the backcountry of San Diego and later married. - All guys remember the first time they saw ...

If a bear's in the back yard, can a moose be far behind?
Buffalo News
Hunters have responded to this increase by asking for a legal hunting season, but state law must be changed to allow a season to be set. ...

Bearly moving: Rash of car-bear crashes
Chippewa Herald
Gappa said the latest bear hunting season concluded Oct. 13, and it will be interesting to find out how many bear were killed. In 2008, hunters in Chippewa ...

Kent City hunter drops 500-pound black bear
MLive.com
It took about a week for the bear to move in. "I told Don before he started hunting that he would probably kill this bear. I had like 45 trail camera photos ...

Upland game hunting season begins Friday
Zanesville Times Recorder
Cottontail rabbit hunting continues through Feb. 28, 2010, and ring-necked pheasant hunting is open through Jan. 10, 2010. Both seasons are closed during ...

1909: Duck hunting is still all the rage in Dunn County
Dunn County News
Duck hunting is still the rage. Every day the lucky hunters return from the upper lake with a big smile and heavy sack telling of their great success. ...

Black Bear Weighing 409 lbs. Caught
Bay Net
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the conclusion of the 2009 black bear hunting season. The season opened Monday, October 26 in Garrett ...

Elk Research Institute's hunting raises concerns
The Durango Herald
In his books, Petersen makes the case for ethical hunting. In Elkheart he describes it as "physically demanding, mentally challenging and gloriously ...

JEFF KNAPP: West Virginia provides black bear hunting
Indiana Gazette
West Virginia's burgeoning black bear population continues to expand, providing sportsmen with a variety of hunting opportunities. Last season West Virginia ...

Maryland bear hunting season closes after four days
Los Angeles Times
The Maryland black bear-hunting season opened Monday and ended yesterday after an acceptable quota was reached on Day 4 of the six-day season. ...

The thrill of the hunt is still there, but hunting continues to fade
The State
It's that family tradition of hunting that introduces most people to the sport. And it's what keeps them coming back. But in the past few years, ...

Greenland, Canada Commit To Polar Bear Protection
RedOrbit
Hunting polar bears has been illegal since 1973, but the Arctic's indigenous peoples do not follow this ban due to reverence of their traditions, ...

Man faces hunting charge after dog slain by arrow in park
Lower Hudson Journal news
Joseph Giebelhouse, 22, acknowledged to State Park Police that he was hunting at the park, a spokesman for the state Office of Parks, Recreation and ...

Southwest Colorado Hunters bagging better-quality elk
The Durango Herald
by Shane Benjamin BAYFIELD – Butchers and taxidermists in Southwest Colorado said they are seeing more trophy elk this hunting season compared with previous ...

Wolf hunt resumes Sunday
Great Falls Tribune
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana will resume its gray wolf hunt in parts of the Absaroka Range this Sunday with the start of the general deer and elk hunting season. ...

Maine deer-hunting season kicks off | Maine News Updates
By The Associated Press
PORTLAND — Maine sportsmen are out in blaze orange as deer-hunting season kicks off. Maine residents are allowed to hunt for the first day of firearms season, with residents and nonresidents alike allowed out starting Monday. ...

$1K fine, probation for illegal hunting
Jackson Hole Daily
Officials say Ryan Palmer dropped his brother off just south of the Triangle X Ranch to hunt an elk shortly before the sheriff's deputy pulled him over. ...

Young Maine hunter found after night in woods
WGME
... Savage was cited by wardens for allowing Toby to hunt unaccompanied by an adult. Saturday was the first day of Maine's fall rifle deer hunting season.

Hunting the rut at Big Woods
North Texas e-News
By Luke Clayton I just experienced one of the most action packed, fun filled days of deer hunting of my career and I've been hunting deer a LONG time. ...

Alaskan charged with illegal elk kill in Elkhorn Mountains
Billings Gazette
Atwood's hunting buddy hadn't heard the conversation, however, and when Austin asked the friend about the hunt, he said Atwood had not taken an elk. ...

NH hunter dies accidentally
Boston Herald
Officials say 21-year-old Timothy Letourneau of Rindge was hunting deer Saturday afternoon when the shooting occurred. Game Department Lt. Craig Morrocco ...

Long-awaited success doesn't turn Larimore man into deer hunting fanatic
Grand Forks Herald
Still, Emslie's first taste of success didn't turn him into a deer hunting fanatic. I can relate. It didn't take me quite that many years to shoot my first ...

Wildlife center's pumpkin pickup lets animals gorge on gourds
KTUU
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center's Ryan Carroll says he's on track to collect 10 tons of leftover Halloween pumpkins as food for the center's animals ...

The Organization Of Fish & Wildlife Information Managers Awards AAJ ...
Reuters
This award recognizes excellence in the development and deployment of a fish or wildlife information-related technical application on the Web. ...

Wildlife Officials Eye Expanded Bear Hunt
WCAX
About 400 bears are killed each hunting season, but several years ago the Fish & Wildlife Department shortened the bear season so it didn't overlap with ...

2 taken into custody after shot fired at Ohio wildlife officers; no injuries
Cleveland News - Fox 8
By AP SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Police have taken two men into custody after someone fired a shot at two Ohio Division of Wildlife officials looking for deer ...

Wildlife Officer Loses Five Foot Gator At Daughters Show And ...
By Simone D.
A wildlife officer in Florida took a five foot long alligator to his daughter's school on Friday for show and tell, he the proceeded to lose the gator. Searchers looked for the animal in a surrounding wooded area, however they were ...

Wolf hunts in Idaho, Montana still stirring up controversy
Los Angeles Times
The study, published in July, found that wolves have caused elk in the region to change their foraging habits to such an extent that herds are producing ...

Montana hunters take one wolf on opening day, lots of elk
The Missoulian
Jourdonnais said the hunter who shot the 75-pound black wolf was seeking deer and elk, but had seen wolves in his hunting area during archery season. ...