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In the woods and on the plains of Wyoming, one traditional hunting sound may soon be headed toward extinction. “Blam! Blam! Blam!” State lawmakers are set to decide whether to allow silencers on hunting guns, a move that has divided the outdoor-oriented state. Proponents say screwing a muzzle onto a firearm to catch the blast [...]

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An eastern Iowa family is lucky a hunters missed shot was not worse. Last Sunday, a hunter missed a deer and shot through the front window of a rural Winneshiek county home.  Again this weekend, the family found another missed shot had hit the shed. We could of been walking out in our yard even [...]

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The musket toted by West Virginia Universitys Mountaineer isnt just a prop — its a bona fide weapon, and mascot Jonathan Kimble demonstrated that when he brought down a black bear with it in the woods. Now WVU has ordered Kimble to stop using his university-issued weapon on hunting trips after [...]

WILLIAMSBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Matt Houston stepped deliberately through the dark woods, trying not to fall in the rocky terrain. He paused to wipe sweat from his forehead and adjusted the rifle slung across his chest. He checked on his daughter, Cheyenne, 7, who tripped repeatedly on stones carpeted by dead leaves. He lifted binoculars [...]

Okay, let?s get back to waterfowling! After two weeks of sitting in deer stands, it?s about time to head to the marshes, shoulder those shotguns and get on the ducks and geese. The Maryland seasons for both open this Tuesday, Dec. 11, and keep going until almost the end of January. This is the part [...]

Soon the new Montana wolf-trapping season will start. There is a better way to handle wolf populations. Trapping animals, especially wolves, is highly controversial and an emotional issue for many people. Hunting is more widely practiced, concepts of ethical fair chase better understood and it is therefore accepted by most of the general public. Many [...]

Editors note: The amount of tourism money that comes from pheasant hunters was originally misreported. The correct amount is $250 million annually. BROWN COUNTY, SD — The low, gray sky that allowed high-flushing pheasants to climb nearly out of sight couldnt hide the smoke from the burning cattail slough miles away. Its one of many [...]

GALESBURG — Onehunters trip into the timbernearlyended his life. There was a moment a few weeks ago when Kenneth Swanson thought hed never be back at church. But as he slowly walks in, with a cane and what he calls his turtle shell, he said he is truly thankful to be alive. On November 17, [...]