MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Wildlife officials are holding virtual public hearings next month on the status of migratory game bird populations and this year's hunting seasons in the Lake Champlain...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Out-of-state hunters in Maine might soon be required to hire licensed guides to hunt big game.

Maine is home to a number of popular fall hunts, including seasons for...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine wildlife authorities have started taking applications for the upcoming moose hunting season.

The state gives out most of its moose permits through a lottery that...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a Department of Natural Resources request to stop the wolf hunt, which is scheduled to begin next week.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The deadline for Maine's moose hunters to apply to participate in an auction for a permit to try to bag one of the big animals is coming up in a few days.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it’s had to stop printing waterproof hunting and fishing licenses.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three men avoided prison for hunting deer in areas of Fort Riley where explosives are discharged during training exercises, but they will each pay several thousand dollars in...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona regulators plan to consider prohibiting motion-activated trail cameras for hunting, with supporters saying the ban would allow wildlife to reach watering holes and...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Late in life, Brian Meyer found his people. They are hunters.

“My parents were not those kinds of people,” he said.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina legislators who announced this week they had tested positive for COVID-19 participated in the same duck-hunting trip with other elected officials last week....

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Preliminary numbers show that hunters had a record bear season in Vermont and New Hampshire last year, in part because of a surge in the number of hunters brought about by...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Property owners in six Michigan counties can apply for Deer Private Land Assistance Network Grants.

The program is designed to fund deer habitat improvement projects on...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont turkey hunters took more than 6,130 birds during the 2020 hunting seasons, close to the 10-year average, the Department of Fish and Wildlife says.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Several of Maine's duck hunting seasons are coming to an end for the year in the coming days.

The season for sea ducks, including scoters, eiders and long-tailed...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Deer hunters had a successful season in 2020, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says.

While final numbers won't be available for several weeks biologists...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's winter hunting seasons, which focus on birds and small game animals, are taking place all over the state.

The seasons for snowshoe hare, bobcat and fox are all...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Wildlife officials say South Dakota’s outdoor recreation economy boomed in 2020, providing much-needed sales in several business sectors as well as hopes of reversing a...

State officials in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have reported higher participation this hunting season than expected.

Mark Latti, the communications director for the Maine Department of...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine hunters harvested more deer in 2020 than they had in almost two decades.

State wildlife regulators increased the number of deer permits this year, and officials...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A deer hunting season that included a record number of permits is coming to a close in Maine.

The final day of the deer hunt that allows hunters to use archery or...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A court in Delaware ha ruled that deer hunters can hunt with semi-automatic rifles.

The News Journal reported Thursday that the ruling came from Delaware Superior Court....

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Hunters killed 22 bears during the first day of New Jersey's annual black bear hunt, the state said.

The second segment of the hunt resumed Monday, with hunters in parts...

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas wildlife officials are offering deer hunters in the state free testing for chronic wasting disease on the carcasses of deer they kill during the 2020-2021 deer hunting...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game say the state sold nearly 62,000 more hunting and fishing licenses through the end of October compared to last year....

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — It's the start of the season for Maine's deer hunters who seek their quarry using muzzleloaders.

Muzzleloaders are firearms that are loaded through the gun barrel. A...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's 16-day rifle deer hunting season has ended but the archery deer hunting season continues, and a second muzzleloader season starts this week.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials are asking hunters to consider donating their venison to charity this season.

The state natural resources division on Wednesday said they...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters killed slightly more deer during opening weekend of Wisconsin's traditional nine-day gun season than last year, state wildlife officials said Tuesday.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's fall hunting seasons for deer, bears and moose are entering their final days of the year.

The bear and moose hunts end on Nov. 28. The firearms season for deer...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Deer hunters will be out in the forests of Vermont again this weekend as the state’s 16-day rifle deer hunting season goes into its second week.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina hunters bagged about 100 fewer alligators this hunting season than last year.

The Post and Courier reports that just 243 gators were bagged from...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Problems with the system that produces Michigan deer hunting licenses have been resolved, the state said Monday.

The traditional two-week season began Sunday. The...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan reported problems Saturday with people trying to buy hunting licenses on the eve of the traditional two-week deer season.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's biggest fall hunting seasons are entering their final two weeks of the year.

The firearms season for deer hunters ends Nov. 28. That's also the final day of the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was tracking a large buck on the opening weekend of deer hunting season wound up finding another prize for his collection when he came across a 3-foot...

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Forest Service officials are reminding hunters of some safety tips as Vermont's rifle deer hunting season approaches.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three out of four moose hunters had a successful season in New Hampshire this year.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game department said a total of 39 moose were killed...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is offering safety tips for hunting as sportsmen and -women head for the field this fall and winter.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says it has extra permits for antlerless deer hunting for the upcoming muzzleloading seasons.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's annual Youth Deer Day is Saturday and kicks off a busy stretch of the state's fall hunting seasons.

Youth Deer Day allows young hunters to harvest bucks all...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Donations from a recent women's hunting event will directly benefit food pantries in the state, officials said.

Wyoming Women’s Foundation Director Rebekah Smith said...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Young and novice hunters taking part in their deer hunting weekend are encouraged to bring their deer to one of 17 biological reporting stations so that wildlife biologists...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Hunters killed a total of 328 bears in the first segment of New Jersey’s black bear hunt, more than were bagged during last year's entire hunt and in what could be the final...