The Wildlife Board also approved a major archery deer hunting change.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s elk herds will get some much-needed help in 2009.
On Dec. 4, the Utah Wildlife Board approved spike elk hunting changes for next season. The changes should open room in the herds for more cow elk. The calves these cows will [...]
December 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Applications for Utah’s most prized hunting permits accepted soon
Applications for next year’s most prized Utah hunting permits, the 2009 sportsman permits, will be available by Nov. 3.
Only Utah residents may apply for sportsman permits. One sportsman permit is offered for each of the following species: Desert bighorn ram, Rocky Mountain bighorn ram, buck deer, buck [...]
November 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Deer hunters are eagerly awaiting the beginning of Utah’s general rifle buck deer hunt on Oct. 18.
Getting prepared now, by gathering materials and gaining knowledge, are some of the keys to having a safe hunt. And while taking a deer is usually the highlight of any deer hunt, remember to enjoy all of the experiences [...]
October 3, 2008 | Posted in
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MADISON — The seventh annual Wisconsin Youth Gun Deer Hunt will be Oct. 11-12, 2008. This special hunt was established to get youth involved in hunting under conditions with low hunting pressure and in a safe and educational setting.
“In addition to giving youths their own opportunity to experience the traditions of deer hunting in Wisconsin, [...]
September 17, 2008 | Posted in
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This year’s archery deer hunt begins on August 16.
With the exception of parts of northern and northeastern Utah, the number of buck deer in Utah is about the same as it was last fall.
That means plenty of bucks should await you when Utah’s 2008 general archery deer hunt kicks off Aug. 16.
The state’s general archery [...]
August 8, 2008 | Posted in
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Stay safe this year by following a few, simple rules.
Utah’s general archery buck deer hunt and the state’s general archery elk hunt kick off Aug. 16.
“Every year we receive reports of archery hunters injuring themselves,” says Gary Cook, hunter education coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Two practices lead to most of the accidents: being [...]
August 7, 2008 | Posted in
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In the past year, wildlife authorities say, there have been five instances in which “pet” deer, illegally removed from the wild, have turned up in neighborhoods and parks in Northwest Florida.
Not only is the practice of taking deer out of the wild to make pets out of them illegal, they say; deer, as they grow, [...]
August 2, 2008 | Posted in
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Permits remaining after the recent drawing go on sale June 12
If you don’t have a permit to hunt buck deer in Utah this fall, your next chance to get one begins June 12. That’s when permits not taken in this year’s big game draw go on sale.
Most of Utah’s buck deer permits were taken in [...]
June 11, 2008 | Posted in
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If a deer fawn is found alone in the woods, leave it there, advises a state wildlife biologist. Its mother has not abandoned it; she is probably nearby.
“Many people who come upon a solitary spotted fawn in the woods or along a roadway mistakenly assume the animal has been deserted by its mother and want [...]
MADISON – Deer hunters in Wisconsin will have a 2008 season structure that includes a four-day October antlerless deer only gun hunt in most “herd control” and all “earn-a-buck” deer management units, under a framework approved by the state Natural Resources Board at its meeting in Madison on April 23. The framework is for deer [...]
May 4, 2008 | Posted in
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