IDAHO FALLS — Hunters planning their first trips want to pay close attention to fire closures and be prepared to alter their plans if necessary.
Large fires are common in Idaho and are often burning when archery season opens at the end of August. Fires can created large closure areas that temporarily curb hunters’ access to some areas. To see current area closures and fire boundaries go to Fish and Game’s Idaho Fire Map.
Fire conditions change as cooler, wetter arrives in late summer and fall, but it’s important that hunters know fire closures can extend far beyond the boundaries of fires that are active, or recently extinguished. Land closures can continue into October, even if weather cools and we get…
Protect California’s Black Bears!Voice your support for bears by emailing the California Wildlife Resources Committee before September 12th and by testifying virtually on Thursday, September 15th (even if you live outside of CA!)DearJim,Despite reporting population declines of up to 67%, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) continues to approve the hunting of black bears. In April, the California Fish and Game Commission (CFGC) voted in opposition to a proposed moratorium on black bear hunting. CDFW is now in the process of updating the state’s black bear management plan while simultaneously considering increasing hunting opportunities.Black bears continue to face extreme hardship from wildfires, drought, vehicle accidents and from loss of habitat and their natural food sources. And yet CDFW and CFGC continue to allow unethical black bear trophy hunting and are even considering a petition to increase black bear hunting statewide– despite not having a black…
KEYSER, W.Va. — A Burlington man who reportedly admitted to shooting another man while they were both turkey hunting on a farm on Upper Patterson Creek Road in April was indicted Tuesday by a Mineral County grand jury.
David William Haggerty, 68, of Burlington, was indicted on two felony counts of wanton endangerment and misdemeanor charges of negligent shooting, unlawful methods of hunting and interference with hunters in connection with the April 30 death of Colton Jon Shoemaker, 28, of Keyser, according to the Mineral County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, the incident happened about 6:30 a.m. when Shoemaker was hunting with his girlfriend, Cody Jose.
Shoemaker and Jose reportedly set out decoys when “they heard twiggs break behind them and saw a hunter sit down by a tree,” according to the court papers.
A man who brought another man shot with “hundreds” of BB pellets to a hospital has been charged with his murder.
John Thomas Quitter, 36, of Chisago City, has been charged with second-degree murder, illegal weapons possession and fleeing police in connection to a shooting that happened on Tuesday, according to court records.
The fatal shooting killed Colton James Abbott, 33, from Sandstone.
According to the complaint:
On Tuesday, Sept. 6 at about 6 a.m., deputies with the Pine County Sheriff’s Office went to Essentia Health in Sandstone after Abbott was dropped off at the facility, where he later died.
Over 250 BB wounds were found on the left side of Abbott’s chest, according to the complaint. He also had an open wound on his right inner forearm, as well as a…
China aims to launch three moon missions over the next decade as part of its Chang’e lunar program.
China’s National Space Administration won approval for the missions after it found a new mineral.
The mineral, Changesite-(Y), could be a future source of energy and was found in lunar samples.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Days after a hunting accident left a retired Charlotte Fire Department captain seriously hurt, the Charlotte community is coming to his side.
For nearly 30 years, Tripp Fincher worked as a firefighter.
When 911 was called, he responded.
“He is one of those captains that everyone knows everyone loves. He is probably the hardest working people around here and he’s got one of the biggest hearts on this fire department,” said firefighter Rob Griffin.
Saturday, Fincher was injured in a hunting accident in Severy, Kansas. His injuries included a broken pelvis, rib and collapsed lung. According to a press release, he was airlifted for treatment to Wichita, Kansas, where he underwent extensive…
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Amountain lion struck and killed by a vehicle in California was pregnant with four cubs at the time she died, post-mortem examinations have shown. Her death came just three months after losing her own 18 month old cub in a road accident, and four years after her mother was killed in another collision.
Mountain lions once used to occupy the entire United States coast-to-coast, but today they are mostly found in 14 western states. The Mountain Lion Foundation charity estimates the national population is unlikely to be more than 30,000.
One June 17, a five-year-old mountain lion known as P-54 was killed on Las Virgenes Road in the Santa Monica mountains. She was born in January 2017, and National Park Service (NPS) researchers fitted her with a tracking device the following month.
Post-mortem inspection showed that the mountain lion died from traumatic injuries as a result of the collision. She was pregnant with four kittens at full term when she was killed. “In this case, it is also unfortunate because the death of P-54 from a vehicle resulted in the loss of four other young mountain lions, two males and two females, that were about to enter the population,” biologist Jeff Sikich, from the mountain lion project at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, said in a statement.
P-54’s mother, P-23, was also struck and killed by a vehicle along the same road in 2018.
A screenshot of a video showing mountain lion P-54 via a wildlife camera in Santa Monica in April, 2018. The pregnant mountain lion was killed by a car in June this year, and biologists found signs of rat poisoning exposure in both her and her fetuses.NPS/SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Testing also showed that the mountain lion had five anticoagulant rat poison chemicals in her liver, while a further neurotoxic rat poison was found in her abdominal fat tissue.
Similar findings are common in almost every other mountain lion tested in and around the Santa Monica mountains, but P-54’s case presented a unique opportunity for NPS researchers to test mountain lion fetuses for the rat poison chemicals as well.
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