Hundreds of ducks took a fatal detour on Monday night after severe weather forced them to land. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a “unique weather phenomenon” made the migrating birds land on flooded parking lots and roads instead of wetlands and marshes. The result was more than 200 ducks dead after being struck and killed by vehicles on Hwy. 20 in Woodbury County.
State conservation officer Steve Griebel witnessed the carnage...

An Idaho man is in hot water after he tried to use a hot spring as a hot pot. Yellowstone National Park has banned him and his sous chefs following an incident where they used a thermal spring in the park to cook chicken, according to East Idaho News.
The incident occurred on Aug. 7 when the rogue gourmand was spotted hiking toward the Shoshone Geyser Basin with several others in tow, armed with cooking pots. When a ranger investigated the report...

An anonymous tip that turned into a 5-year investigation is nearly over for Nebraska wildlife officials. In what’s being called the biggest poaching case in state history, investigators have linked over 100 people from 21 states to the illegal take of big game animals and transporting them across state lines, including prominent citizens and a television personality.
The case is centered around Hidden Hills Outfitters near Broken Bow, Nebraska...

Here’s a grim reminder of why it’s important that someone–anyone–knows where you’re going hunting. And, if you’re hunting a corn field, that the farmer knows you’re there, too.
This week, emergency crews were called to the scene of a tragic, freak accident: A teenage hunter was crushed by a harvester after falling asleep in a field of standing corn. The farm worker didn’t know the hunter was there until after he spotted the boy’s lifeless body...