Colorful trout swimming underwater in a natural habitat.

Thief found on stolen ATV, wearing jacket with victim’s name

Here’s the dumb criminal of the week. When Alaska State Troopers stopped a man driving an ATV illegally around 2 a.m. last week, they determined the Yamaha,…

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Vibrant painting of three tuna swimming underwater.

‘Live2Die’ owner pleads guilty to multi-state poaching

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports a trio of California men have pleaded guilty to numerous wildlife violations in Colorado and New Mexico from 2011 through 2013….

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Man fishing in calm water, reeling in a catch.

Town buys trademark rights to ‘Okie Noodling’

Pauls Valley, Okla., home to the iconic Okie Noodling Championship for the past 15 years, has purchased the event’s copyrights from Bradley Beasley, the filmmaker…

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Cover art showing a fisherman casting a line in a marshy Texas wetland under a blue sky.

Elk pee cocktail used in labor dispute sabotage

A security camera outside the home of a United Grain Corp. executive’s home in Portland, Ore. captured footage last week of a hooded man pouring…

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November 2017 fishing and hunting moon calendar with moon phases.

California bans sale of d-Con, other rodenticides

Under continuing pressure from environmental groups (and probably the pest control lobby), the California Department of Pesticide Regulation this week banned the sale of d-Con…

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Hunters wading through water with hunting dogs in a marshland.

Failure to recycle a civil offense in Vail, Colo.

The Vail (Colo.) Town Council on Tuesday gave final approval to an ordiance that mandates recyling in the mountain resort community. Failure to comply with the ordinance…

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Two deer standing in a grassy field during twilight.

Skeet, Double Trap Competitors Get Their Shot at World Champs, CAT and World Cup Slots in Kerrville Beginning Thursday

Seventeen International Trap athletes secured their competitive futures through 2014 Sunday in Kerrville, Texas, site of the 2014 USA Shooting Spring Selection Match for Shotgun.  Beginning Thursday, the…

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Young girl proudly holding a large fish on a boat during sunset.

Florida’s most destructive invasive species? Feral cats

When you think about the most potentially damaging invasive species faced by wildlife managers in Florida, Burmese pythons, monitor lizards and Giant African land snails…

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Person fishing on a calm day by the water.

Miss Nebraska: “Do I smell like fish?”

OK, as state beauty queens go, we adore the bowhunting Miss Kansas,Theresa Vail. But to the north, it looks like Miss Nebraska is worth some…

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October 2015 fishing calendar showing best and poor fishing days.

Airborne fish strike aborts plane’s takeoff

The takeoff of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulfstream G-IV jet from MacDill AFB in Florida was aborted after it collided with a 9-inch…

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