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Colorado plans to allow wild turkey hunting
September 19, 2011 5:34 AM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's efforts in the 1980s to reintroduce the wild turkey have been successful. Colorado wildlife officials are now developing a plan to issue unlimited over-the-counter hunting licenses to help rid areas of so-called "conflict turkeys." The Denver Post reports that the turkeys now number 35,000 and... more » -
Bear hunting bill fails
May 10, 2011 11:28 PM
DENVER (AP) - A bill allowing more time for bear hunting in Colorado has died as this year's legislative session winds down. The proposal was postponed on the House calendar Tuesday. It won't have enough time to pass this year because the Legislature adjourns Wednesday. House Bill 1294 would have... more » -
Bear population grows, rules questioned
April 18, 2011 11:52 AM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers worried about the growing bear population are considering giving wildlife officials more say over when bears can be hunted. A proposal set for its first hearing Monday would repeal a 1992 voter-approved initiative that prohibits hunting bears from March 1 to Sept. 1. The... more » -
Rules will ban bear hunting in caves
January 5, 2011 2:06 PM
DENVER (AP) - Bear hunters say it's unethical to kill an bear in its den. But after a northwest Colorado hunter killed a black bear in a cave last month, Colorado wildlife officials are moving ahead with a formal ban on den hunting. The state Wildlife Commission decided unanimously... more » -
FBI arrests suspect in Colorado Springs murder
January 4, 2011 6:37 PM
The FBI has arrested a suspect in a July 2010 murder in Atlanta, Georgia. Eddie Wilson, 27, of Colorado Springs was found at 1070 Chelton Road last July after reports of shots fired. Wilson had been shot and was found outside an apartment building. After an investigation Colorado... more » -
Montana wants permission to kill gray wolves
September 27, 2010 5:50 PM
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana officials are seeking federal approval to kill 186 endangered gray wolves in a special "conservation hunt," while neighboring Idaho wants permission to kill up to 50 of the predators that officials say are eating too many elk. Documents released Monday detailed the states' new... more » -
Florida opens python hunting season
February 23, 2010 10:57 AM
Pleased with the results of last year's python hunt, South Florida is ready to start the hunt all over again. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced a second season of python hunting will begin in March. Licensed hunters will be allowed to stalk and kill... more » -
Searchers hunt for victims of Brazil mudslide
January 2, 2010 12:57 PM
A small army of searchers clambered across a mountain of red earth and crushed homes on Saturday, hoping to find survivors of a massive mudslide that killed at least 22 people at an upscale island resort. A separate mudslide in the nearby coastal city of Angra dos Reis, 95... more » -
Florida officials extend python program year-round
December 4, 2009 8:19 AM
Florida is looking for a few good python catchers now that the state's hunting program is being expanded into a year-long effort. A state official says the goal is to make sure the exotic species doesn't spread any farther north in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had... more » -
Gray wolf hunts may continue, judge rules
September 9, 2009 12:02 PM
Gray wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho may continue, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first legal hunts in the lower 48 states in decades. Plans to kill about 20 percent of the two states' estimated 1,350 wolves... more »
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