Hunting and Fishing

SANDWICH, Mass. (AP) - Life from here on out is bound to be a bit disappointing for a young harbor seal that somehow broke into a Cape Cod fish hatchery and enjoyed an all-you-can-eat buffet.   Full Story

POINT LOOKOUT, N.Y. (AP) - He meant to shoot the ducks.   Full Story

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The Coast Guard says the bodies of two fishermen have been found after their trawler sank in the waters off Gloucester.   Full Story

MANTUA, Utah (AP) - A tiny tent settlement appears to have sprouted in an open area located next to this small town of more than 700 residents in eastern Box Elder County.   Full Story

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - It's plenty cold as Maine's ice fishing season begins its second day, but wardens say the ice is thin in many places.   Full Story

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery.   Full Story

MAHOMET, Ill. (AP) - With a pardon from President Bush in his pocket, a retired southern Illinois railroad worker is getting a fresh start - and the chance to hunt again - two decades after pleading guilty to a federal charge.   Full Story

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Two Britons are back home after spending nearly a month in U.S. jails over two air-gun silencers they brought into the country as a gift for a hunting buddy.   Full Story

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Every afternoon about 4 p.m., bundled figures pulling ice-fishing shelters head out from the VFW access on White Bear Lake in search of walleyes, crappies and northern pike.   Full Story

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Vermont's only food bank is buying a farm.   Full Story

BUNA, Texas (AP) - The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man.   Full Story

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) - On a raw November morning, when the tide is low and the wind blows steadily from the northwest, oysterman Alan Sterling clambers aboard a makeshift raft and paddles to his fishing boat a few hundred yards from shore.   Full Story

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From Southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels on the waterfront, where they are beginning to break up and sink, leaking oil and other pollutants.   Full Story

On Oct. 30, I accepted an invitation from Paul Antoniazzi, manager of the Mount Washington Department of Conservation and Recreation headquarters, to stop by and meet some special people.   Full Story

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Have gun, will travel - even if the economy's shot.   Full Story