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Fire officials in New Hampshire successfully rescued two hunters and a dog who became stuck in a cold, muddy river Sunday afternoon. The Stratham Fire Department said it was called to a marsh near College Road along the Squamscott River to find and rescue two men who had been hunting in the area. One man had gotten too close to…

An 82-year-old man was shot in the leg during an apparent hunting accident in New Hampshire over the Thanksgiving weekend, officials said. The man from Wilton had been out hunting with an 83-year-old from Lyndeborough in Lyndeborough on Saturday evening, New Hampshire Fish and Game said. As they returned to their vehicles, a bolt-action hunting rifle fired while the older…

With hunting season underway, wildlife agencies in New Hampshire and Vermont have started testing for COVID-19 in white-tailed deer, as antibodies for the virus have been found in deer in other states. New Hampshire and Vermont were approached by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service about testing the white-tailed deer population as part of...

President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by former President Donald Trump’s decision to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over aggressive hunting and trapping for the animals in the Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains

Some wildlife biologists in northern New England hope that increasing the number of moose taken by hunters this fall will help protect the herd from ticks and lead to healthier animals. In Vermont, the state is planning to issue 100 permits for the October hunt, up from 55 last year and zero in 2019. In Maine, the number of moose…

A hunter from Colorado Springs has been permanently banned from hunting in 48 states, including Colorado, after he pleaded guilty to several poaching charges across the state.

The state of Vermont is set to begin issuing free hunting licenses to Native Americans. Members of state-recognized Native American tribes still have to buy hunting and fishing licenses if they want to hunt or fish this year. But free tribal citizen hunting and fishing licenses will become available in January. To qualify, a member of a Native American tribe…

A man was shot in the chest in what appears to be a hunting accident in Plympton, Massachusetts, officials say. Police were called to 153 Center St. around 4 p.m. Friday for a report of a man shot. Responding officers found a 25-year-old Plympton man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was taken to South Shore…

The Pine Tree State’s fall wild turkey season ends for the year on Thursday

The deer hunting season has arrived in Maine for hunters who pursue their quarry with bows and arrows.

Maine’s bear hunt is entering the final few busy days of the season just as other fall game seasons get going. The busiest part of the bear hunt is the stretch in which it’s legal to use bait to lure bears. That ends on Sept. 21. The rest of the season continues until Nov. 30, but it slows down considerably.

Vermont’s bear hunting season is getting underway and officials are reminding successful hunters to submit a bear tooth so the state can collect information on the bear population.

Rhode Island deer hunting licenses are about to go on sale. The state Department of Environmental Management will begin selling permits for the deer hunting season Thursday.

Maine wildlife regulators will likely make a decision by the end of the month on a proposal to increase the number of moose hunting permits in the state for the second consecutive year.

Citing the abundance of wild turkeys in Massachusetts, state officials are considering changes in hunting rules that would allow hunters to harvest more of the birds.

Officials have determined the cause of a 4-alarm blaze that caused millions of dollars in damage Monday morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wednesday, in a joint statement with Cambridge Fire, Massachusetts Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said the most probable cause of the fire at 6 Hunting St. and 851-855 Cambridge St. was an electrical issue. He said the building, which was...

Fire officials are working to determine the cause of a 4-alarm blaze that moved through two buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. Fire officials said the fire started at about 5:45 a.m. in the basement of a building on Hunting Street and quickly spread to an apartment building on Cambridge Street, which also has a cafe on the first...

Maine hunters love fall, but one of the state’s most popular game animals must think it’s for the birds.

Maine’s annual deer permit lottery is ready to begin, and there are thousands of more permits available this year than in years previous.

It’s September in Maine, and that means the state’s expanded deer hunt is getting started soon.