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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Interested landowners may apply to participate in an incentive program that compensates participating landowners who provide hunters and anglers access to or through their land.
The application period to participate in Access Yes! in 2009 is open now. The deadline is February 15. Enrollment and bid applications are available on the Idaho Department of Fish and [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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The Department of Natural Resources reminds deer hunters they can report the results of their hunts online. Information gathered from hunters who voluntarily report their results will be used along with information collected through the DNR’s annual mail survey to help provide the best information available for making management decisions. The DNR encourages hunters to [...]
December 16, 2008 | Posted in
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Hunters in Illinois Harvest 71,894 Deer During First Weekend of Firearm Deer Season
SPRINGFIELD , IL – Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 71,894 deer during the opening weekend of the 2008 Illinois Firearm Deer season, Nov. 21-23, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood announced today. The second portion of the [...]
December 2, 2008 | Posted in
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Two new rules in place on the 187,700-acre Tate’s Hell Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Franklin and Liberty counties this hunting season are designed to improve the quality of the hunting experience.
The first new rule requires that legal buck deer must have at least one antler with two or more points. Each point has to [...]
November 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Permits to increase by 50 percent for 2009 season
MADISON — Preliminary figures indicate hunters harvested more than 2,900 black bears in Wisconsin during the 2008 bear hunting season. This figure is expected to increase slightly in the next month as remaining registration data is entered and is very close to the 2,950 harvest goal for [...]
November 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Blustery weather caused hunters to fall 2 percent short of last year’s figure.
JEFFERSON CITY—Cold, blustery weather may have cut into the opening-weekend harvest of Missouri’s main firearms deer season, but hunters still posted a two-day total of nearly 100,000.
Hunters checked 98,386 deer Nov. 15 and 16. That is down 2,049, or about 2 percent from [...]
November 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Firearm hunters in the field Nov. 21-23 and Dec. 4-7
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The 2008 Illinois Firearm Deer Season, the state’s most popular hunting season, begins this week with hunters in the field Friday through Sunday, Nov. 21-23, followed by four days of hunting on Dec. 4-7. Nearly 350,000 permits have been issued to hunters for [...]
November 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February.
High Plains Mallard Management Unit: The front brought new birds to the region but mild temperatures quickly returned. Outfitters have said temperatures in the 70s have not prompted geese to feed heavily, which has hurt decoying action. Many outfitters have said there are [...]
November 19, 2008 | Posted in
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Physically challenged hunters possessing a Class Q/QQ hunting permit may hunt on designated roads throughout the Monongahela National Forest, portions of the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest, and on certain state-owned Wildlife Management Areas, according to Curtis I. Taylor, Chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR).
“This is a cooperative program [...]
November 18, 2008 | Posted in
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