By Dave Hurteau

From The Spokesman Review:
Instead of raising more revenue, a fee increase hitting out-of-state hunters and anglers has resulted in less money flowing to the Idaho Fish and Game Department this year.

“Usually in Idaho we sell out right away when it comes to our nonresident deer and elk hunters, and at this time we are not sold out and we’re seeing a lag,” said Fish and Game Director Cal Groen. “We have tags left over.”

By Dave Hurteau

Criminal charges are often not filed hunting accidents, but what if the people involved were not so much hunting as poaching? Should that make a difference?

From The Oklahoman:

John A Morgan, 44, was shot and killed by Jack Zearley, 69, while they were hunting deer. . .

[Sheriff Israel] Beauchamp said while the Saturday shooting appears to have been accidental, the two Hartshorne men were hunting illegally when Zearley fired a high-powered rifle at a deer that was between the two men. The shot struck Morgan. . . .

By Dave Hurteau

Every year, thousands of Oregon sportsmen apply for just a dozen mountain goat tags. Old enough to apply for big-game permits for the first time, 12-year-old Matea Huggins drew the rare tag and filled it with a great goat.

From the Baker City Herald:

“We should have bought Matea a lottery ticket too,” [her father] said. “We could have been rich and had a nice goat. . . .”