Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February.
West Zone Goose: Hunters in the Panhandle closed out their season Feb. 8. Outfitters reported limits of dark geese through the last day of the season. However, snow geese disappeared from Cactus Lake near Etter and Dumas. The goose season was steady from [...]
February 11, 2009 | Posted in
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Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to fall in love with nature. Go outside to experience the excitement of a majestic bald eagle or the thrill of a bright red cardinal, whether in your own backyard or at one of America’s national wildlife refuges. There is a national wildlife refuge or fish hatchery just an [...]
February 10, 2009 | Posted in
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COLUMBUS, OH – For the seventh straight year, testing of Ohio’s deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer.
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, state and federal agriculture and wildlife officials collected 1,021 samples [...]
February 10, 2009 | Posted in
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CASPER– The Wyoming Game and Fish Department wants Wyoming women to pick up their camera, fishing pole or shotgun and experience the outdoors through the Becoming an Outdoors Woman camp this June.
Becoming and Outdoors Woman (BOW) is an outdoor skills program offered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department each summer. The weekend-long workshop introduces [...]
February 9, 2009 | Posted in
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15.93-pound bass is also new lake record
ATHENS, Texas-Ricky Bearden of Conroe set a new water body record for largemouth bass January 30 when he pulled a 15.93-pound fish from two feet of water in Lake Conroe.
The big bass now holds the number 24 spot on the list of the top 50 largemouth bass ever caught [...]
February 3, 2009 | Posted in
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ATHENS, Texas — If you’ve ever thought about taking up fly-fishing, Fly Fish Texas is for you.
The annual event takes place this year March 7 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Fly Fish Texas activities are free with regular paid admission to the [...]
February 3, 2009 | Posted in
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Davis, WV – West Virginia prides itself on its wild havens, and many outdoor enthusiasts regard Tucker County – with its rugged mountains, clean streams and rivers and outstanding recreational opportunities – as one of the region’s great treasures. Today, The Conservation Fund, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the West Virginia congressional delegation [...]
February 3, 2009 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON – This year marks the Bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. He was born on February 12, 1809 in relative obscurity in central Kentucky. He is arguably the most important President in the history of this nation by virtue of the crisis of disunion that faced him when he took office as the [...]
February 2, 2009 | Posted in
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released its Record of Decision (ROD) on the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The Service will implement the preferred Tidal Emphasis Alternative, (Alternative C) as described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Report (FEIS/R) issued [...]
February 2, 2009 | Posted in
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