Since 1996, Washington has employed a weighted point system for drawing special big-game hunt permits to give unsuccessful applicants higher odds of drawing a permit in future lotteries. Hunters ...

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MISSOURI, USA — Missouri will soon hold a lottery to determine which hunters in the state will be permitted to harvest black bears in three specific areas of the state. Resident hunters in the state ...

Nearly 2,500 hunters who applied for certain elk permits were incorrectly eliminated from the lottery due to a technical error, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said Friday. The state held its annual ...