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ID: Trapper mistakes lynx for bobcat

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January 25, 2013 By Laura Roady, BonnersFerryHerald.com BONNERS FERRY — Lynx in northern Idaho are very uncommon and distinguishing them from bobcats can be difficult. A Boundary County man recently learned the hard way the… 

IN: Hunter charged for unlawful taking of a deer

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January 26, 2013 From TheStarPress.com WINCHESTER – Austin M. Spain, who last month admittedly shot what a state conservation officer and a Boone and Crockett Club official call “the deer of a lifetime,” has been… 

CT: Ex-East Haven officer charged with illegal hunting

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January 22, 2013 From WTNH.com EAST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former East Haven police officer charged in a federal racial profiling investigation has been arrested again for alleged illegal hunting and trespassing. David Cari… 

LA: Holden men arrested for hunting violations

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January 8, 2013 From WAFB.com Bobby Sykes, 38, and Barry Gill, 46, were arrested January 1st after Wildlife and Fisheries agents received an anonymous complaint of possible hunting violations. Both men have been charged with… 

VT: Vermont breaks up unlicensed hunting preserve

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January 4, 2013 From Boston.com FAIRLEE, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says wardens have broken up an unlicensed captive hunting facility in Fairlee where people paid up to $6,000 to… 

DE: Md. man fined for hunting, trapping

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January 8, 2013 By Cape Gazette Staff, DiscoverAmericasStory.com LEWES, Delaware — Brian M. Duke, 19, of Salisbury, Md., was charged with three counts of possession of killer traps with jaw spread in excess of five… 

LA: Officers in illegal hunting case fired

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January 9, 2013 From Yahoo.com Area law enforcement officers accused of illegal “harvesting of a deer” have been fired, Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas and Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb said. Winnsboro police officer Chester… 

IA: Feds go after accused illegal deer hunter

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January 16, 2013 IOWA-MISSOURI — John Fredrick Bender, 43, was indicted in December on three counts of violating the Lacey Act. Federal prosecutors say that in December of 2007, and twice in November of 2010,… 

MA: Ex-environmental affairs official accused of illegal hunting

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January 3, 2013 From BostonGlobe.com A former Secretary of Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal hunting in Vermont. Robert Durand, who served in the state’s top environmental post from… 

WI: Hunter shot wolf illegally in Spring Prairie

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January 22, 2013 By Bob Peryea, Lab.SouthernLakesNewspapers.com Although rare in this area, wolves are known to stray from northern Wisconsin in search of a mate. State wildlife officials have determined a hunter illegally shot a…