A small group of men pulled up to a clearing in the woods each of them immediately exited a pickup truck and hurried to the side of the road rifles in hand and quickly took aim on what appeared to be ...

CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — At 8 a.m. on a Friday in late November, troopers from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division parked off Highway 26 in the Clatsop State Forest, among the mountains ...

GEARHART — Grounds crews are awaiting a shipment of coyote urine at the Gearhart Golf Links. They’ll be using that to sprinkle on the eight plastic coyotes they’ll strategically place on the perimeter ...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming game wardens are using decoys to trap poachers, luring as many as 10 illegal hunters a day. Wyoming Game and Fish regional supervisor Scott Werbelow said mule deer and elk ...

Just in time for archery season, Montana Decoys has launched a new Elk Decoy Setup Guide that can be downloaded from the company's website. The guide features five hunting situations that show hunters ...

MEDFORD -- Some of Oregon's more seasoned elk poachers have learned to sidestep getting caught in a backwoods wildlife-enforcement-decoy sting by following the mantra, "If it ain't movin', we ain't ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – Some of Oregon’s more seasoned elk poachers have learned to sidestep getting caught in a backwoods wildlife-enforcement-decoy sting by following the mantra, “If it ain’t movin’, we ain ...

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - Shortly after sunrise, a cow elk and her calf pause in a small clearing, looking toward the pair of hunters walking up Warm Springs Road. One man kneels on the edge of the road, ...

Shortly after sunrise, a cow elk and her calf pause in a small clearing, looking toward the pair of hunters walking up Warm Springs Road. One man kneels on the edge of the road, aims his rifle and ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Elk decoy stings set up on consecutive weekends earlier this month in northern Idaho have bagged about 15 poachers, an official said. The decoy caught "more people than we ...

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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Officials say elk decoy stings in northern Idaho have bagged 15 poachers. Gail West, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service, says fake animals put out on November 11th and ...