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MONTPELIER — A decades-long boom in the population of snow geese has led state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to expand hunting seasons in hopes of cutting their numbers in half across North ...

Anyone who spends any time perusing Utah or Idaho’s hunting regulations will be surprised when they stumble across the portion of the waterfowl proclamation that covers light geese. This is because ...

Dead calm. With emphasis on “dead.” When the hunters arrived at the blind shortly after sunrise, the pond looked like a mirror and the sock decoys hung limp. “We need some wind,” said Jim Shaw of ...

Some hunters and anglers may be in a slight lull as many hunting seasons have ended or will end soon. Many of us will be determining where and how to fish according to current weather or preparing for ...

A hunter in Quebec has been ordered to pay a total of $20,000 for hunting snow geese without a permit, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says. On Monday, Joey Proulx, a resident of ...

When Todd Fanning again guided goose hunters Tuesday, it was hard not to see what we have today compared with when he started Westline Guide Service 40 years ago: luxurious heated hunting pits, longer ...

I had a chance to reach out to three well known guides on the mid-coast, two in Matagorda and one in Seadrift. All three had positive reports for their areas.

The Missouri Department of Conservation received confirmation Wednesday morning of something it feared -- three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.