Application Deadline For Bobcat/Elk Guide Permits in Pennsylvania is Oct. 16

HARRISBURG – Anyone interested in applying to be a bobcat or elk guide for the upcoming seasons should submit a completed application to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection by Friday, Oct. 16.  Guide permits cost $25 for residents and $50 for nonresidents, per species.  For those who wish to serve as guides [...]

What is the 2009-2010 Season Limit on Deer in Arkansas? Four, Maybe

LITTLE ROCK – It’s a common question. What is the season limit on deer in Arkansas?

But the answer isn’t so simple.

The season bag limit is four deer, provided at least one deer is taken in one of the zones or areas listed below. No more than two may be legal bucks. Additional restrictions may apply [...]

Archers Will Find More Mature Bucks This Year in Missouri

Antler-point restrictions, now in their sixth year in some areas, are having a noticeable effect on the size of deer antlers
JEFFERSON CITY–Missouri’s top deer biologist says hunters can expect to find more mature bucks when archery deer season opens Sept. 15.
Archers enjoy a long season, Sept. 15 through Nov. 13 and Nov. 25 through Jan. [...]

DFG Seeks Local Volunteers for Mourning Dove Banding Program

The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is seeking volunteers in the Blythe area to participate in its Mourning Dove Banding Program.
The imprinted bands that are attached to birds’ legs are an important tool used by wildlife managers to help them evaluate mourning dove populations. Band recovery data is reported to the U.S. Fish and [...]

Oklahoma Wildlife Department to Host Free Cherokee Kids Camp

Parents and kids won’t want to miss the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s ninth annual free Cherokee Kid’s Camp slated for June 20.
Cherokee Kid’s Camp is held at the Cherokee Wildlife Management Area in northeast Oklahoma. Youth age 15 and under are welcome, and the event is free. No pre-registration is required.
“Hunting and fishing are [...]

Game and Fish Program Encourages Women to Become Outdoor Insiders

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 [...]

Colorado Big Game Seasons, Budget, Elk Management on Tap for Next Wildlife Commission Workshop

DENVER, Colo. – Colorado’s big game season structure, Division of Wildlife budget projections and an update on Rocky Mountain National Park’s elk culling effort headline the agenda for the Colorado Wildlife Commission’s February workshop in Denver.
The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Hunter Education Building at [...]

Colorado Landowners Can Earn Extra Income From Hunting Leases

LAMAR, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is looking for land to lease in southeast Colorado for the 2009 hunting seasons.  The DOW’s Big Game Access Program (BGAP) is in the third year of a three-year pilot program. 
 
This pilot is focused on deer and pronghorn hunting on private lands in the following Game [...]

VDGIF to Host First National Archery in the Schools Program Tournament

Richmond, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) is conducting the First Annual National Archery in the Schools Program Tournament on February 28, 2009, at the Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, Virginia. The tournament is being held in cooperation with the Western Virginia Sport Show which will be held at the same [...]

Minnesota Hunters Harvest Fewer Deer in 2008

Minnesota deer hunters harvested nearly 222,000 deer in 2008. This is a decline of 38,000, or about 19 percent, from 2007, but the ninth consecutive year the harvest has exceeded 200,000.
“Bad weather opening weekend, lower deer populations in many permit areas and more lottery areas all had a role in the lower harvest,” said Dennis [...]