MADISON — Bow hunters will get the first opportunity to harvest Wisconsin’s premier big game animal this year when the archery season for deer starts on Sept. 13. With a projection of between 1.5 and 1.7 million deer in the state, odds are good that the bow hunters will harvest game.
“In all areas of the [...]
September 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Aug. 5 – Leftover full price deer, elk, antelope licenses available at automated license agents
Aug. 15 – Application deadline for fall turkey
Aug. 15 – Leftover doe/fawn deer and antelope licenses go on sale at automated license agents
Aug. 15 – Wildlife Heritage Foundation of WY golf tournament, Devil’s Tower, go to www.whfw.org
Aug. 15 – Archery antelope [...]
August 4, 2008 | Posted in
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JACKSON – July is traditionally a time in Mississippi when white-tailed deer fawns begin to appear. Each year human encounters with these new-born deer occur and questions arise as to the wellbeing of the fawn.
“Starting in July we begin to get phone calls and reports of fawns being found or wandering into people’s yards,” said [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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RAPID CITY, S.D.–Following action by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission, a framework of rules is in place to allow mentored youth hunting in South Dakota.
The commission’s action was prompted by a law passed in the last session of the Legislature that established mentored youth hunting. Now the rules are in place to allow youth [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish receives numerous calls each year from concerned individuals who find what they think are orphaned or abandoned antelope and deer fawns and elk calves. Many of these same people pick up the animals and take them to local veterinarians, zoos, or their local Game Department offices.
While these [...]
June 3, 2008 | Posted in
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A tiny deer might look cute and very much alone, but the N.C.Wildlife Resources Commission is urging people not to approach, touch or remove any white-tailed fawns lying in the brush.
At the peak of fawning season in May and June, people might see fawns left alone and assume they have been abandoned [...]
The end of May marks the beginning of the fawning season in Delaware, with most born during the last week of May through the first week of June. Some fawns will be born as late as August. Each year around this time, the Division of Fish and Wildlife receives numerous calls regarding “abandoned fawns.” In [...]
May 21, 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 [...]
CHEYENNE– The proposed 2008 hunting seasons were a major topic of discussion at the April 24-25 annual season setting meeting of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in Casper.
In addition to discussion about big game license changes for 2008, the Commission also discussed continued challenges to obtain access for hunters in order to meet harvest [...]