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Father's bow shot kills grizzly attacking son
A Cody bowhunter in search of an elk found a grizzly bear instead in a Sept. 12 mauling incident on the South Fork.
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CWD testing finds more than 500 deer clean in Mich.
More than 500 wild deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease in the past two weeks, including 127 from Kent County, have tested free of the fatal disease, state officials said Friday.
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Tribes want quarantined bison
Five American Indian groups from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota are in the running to receive a small herd of bison spared from a capture and slaughter program at Yellowstone National Park.
Read complete story from the AP's S.D. state wire

Bear relocated for stealing honey in Montana
Far from the Hundred Acre Wood, a Montana grizzly bear was relocated for soothing the 'rumbly in his tumbly' by stealing honey from commercial hives.
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N.Y. driver rattled by snake under hood
A 5-foot rattlesnake stowed away in the nice, warm engine compartment of a New Yorker's pickup truck.
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Volunteers keep elk, people safe during fall rut
Each autumn, as thousands of visitors travel to Rocky Mountain National Park from around the globe, the Elk Bugle Corps volunteers trail the animals to educate the crowd and keep everyone — elk and people — safe.
Read complete story from the AP's Colo. state wire

Deer crashes into Ohio hospital building
Hospitals are used to human emergencies, but it was a deer that raised alarm at Mercy Medical Center in Canton.
Read complete story from the AP's Ohio state wire

'Dangerous' emu flees coop in Camas
Of all the drunk, belligerent or otherwise threatening subjects to meet the wrong end of a police Taser, the one stunned Tuesday in Camas stands out for his name alone.
Read complete story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New coal mine would go beneath Md. trout stream
A coal company is looking to build a mine by tunneling beneath the Casselman River, a popular trout stream in Maryland's western mountains.
Read complete story from the AP's Pa. state wire

Fishing for profits
Worried about a growing annual subsidy to help the San Antonio River Authority operate the parks at CPS Energy-owned Braunig and Calaveras lakes, the electric utility is about to go looking for someone who thinks they can operate them at a profit.
Read complete story from the San Antonio Express-News

No decline in count of Cook Inlet's beluga whales
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The number of beluga whales estimated to be in Cook Inlet off Alaska's largest city have not increased in the last year, leading critics to reiterate their call for greater protections over the objections of Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Outfitter pleads guilty to shooting decoy
FARGO, N.D. — A western North Dakota outfitter suspected for years of shooting protected birds was caught when he fired at a mounted bald eagle decoy, authorities say.
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Muskie Restoration is underway
WATERBURY — The muskellunge, a famed and highly-prized sport fish, may once again establish residency in the Missisquoi River, thanks to cooperative efforts yesterday by the states of New York and Vermont. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department gave its recently-established muskie restoration effort a boost Tuesday when it stocked 250 four-month old muskellunge in the Missisquoi River Delta.
Read complete story from the Manchester Journal

Teen OK after being impaled by deer antlers
OMAHA, Neb. — A 16-year-old teenager is recovering after falling and impaling himself on a set of deer antlers in Carter Lake, Iowa. Todd Reynolds' grandmother said the teen was climbing through a window in her home Wednesday after locking himself out when he fell onto the antlers.
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New Smithsonian Ocean Hall opens Saturday
WASHINGTON — Covering more than 70 percent of the planet's surface, the ocean is both a life-giving resource and a highway. Yet it's also a life-threatening obstacle, hiding untold mysteries.
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Boat capsized in high winds
Two Chattahoochee men were rescued from Lake Seminole late Tuesday, several hours after their boat capsized in high winds.
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Custody battle of deer rises to appeals court
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Molalla couple who rescued a deer named Snowball say their pet should be returned but state officials have gone to the Oregon Court of Appeals to keep the animal with rare white fur.
Read complete story from the Corvallis Gazette-Times

NJ farm flings pumpkins with giant catapult
NEWTON, N.J. (AP) — One New Jersey farm has a special attraction to go with the season's hay rides and corn mazes: giant pumpkin catapult.
Read complete story from the AP's NJ state wire | ESPNOutdoors.com's story on the 2007 "Punkin' Chunkin'" event - Pie in the Sky

DNR: Wis. duck populations 'healthy, abundant'
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife experts say ducks are healthy and abundant heading into the autumn hunt.
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Survey shows value of outdoor recreation
MONROE, La. — Robby Thompson of West Monroe spends most of his time away from work in the medical industry fishing or bowhunting. When he's not hunting or fishing, he's spending his hard-earned money preparing for his pursuits.
Read complete story from the AP's La. state wire

Wildlife officials to move pesky bighorn sheep
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Wildlife officials are hoping to round up about 25 desert bighorn sheep from Boulder City and move them elsewhere as officials worry about a growing herd known to disrupt highway traffic, drink from park water fountains and use sidewalks as bathrooms.
Read complete story from the AP's Calif. state wire

Future uncertain for state parks
Sea Rim and Galveston Island state parks may well become the Indianolas of Texas parks. Just as the near-absolute destruction wrought by a pair of hurricanes in the late 1800s doomed the once-thriving Matagorda Bay port city of Indianola to abandonment, so may hurricanes Rita and Ike sentence the two state parks along the upper Texas coast to near desertion.
Read complete story from the Houston Chronicle

Raptors' stories give boys insight
BLUE EARTH, Minn. — Ever see a hawk perched on a road sign? How about a bald eagle circling overhead? Maybe you've heard the distinctive "hoot" of an owl?
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