We kicked things off this week with the story of how a big old deer smuggling bust in Texas turned into a whole lot more than wardens expected, an Oregon man who was handed his third lifetime hunting ban in 10 years, the story of a Washington man who almost successfully commandeered a commercial fishing vessel, a Wisconsin farmer who "made a game" of illegally killing 150 deer on his property along with a new California bill set to allow houndsmen to "tree and free" problem mountain lions.

We’re also covering:

• Montana officials are looking for information regarding a poached mountain lion with a missing tail.
• Minnesota moose survey says populations are stable, but moose aren’t out of the woods just yet
• 50,000 redfish released into Biscayne Bay for the first time in 30 years
• Polk county woman narrowly survives alligator attack while kayaking
• Pennsylvania man facing charges after shooting another hunting in the facer
• Colorado voters might very well bring an end to the state’s wolf reintroduction program
• Florida officials are calling on residents to speak up on bear hunting proposal

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