AUSTIN, Texas — Sportsmen looking for an affordable family activity should consider Texas’ public hunting opportunities. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will be offering adult and youth only hunts by special drawing for a wide variety of species. Hunt schedules and applications are available upon request and online now. Don’t miss out on a [...]
July 23, 2009 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
Warmer than average temperatures and lack of snow continue to hamper elk hunter efforts along the Rocky Mountain Front.
“The number of elk brought through the Augusta check station is down by over half as compared to the 10-year average,” says Brent Lonner, Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife biologist.
So far this season, hunters have brought in [...]
November 24, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting Reports |
Read More »
AUSTIN, Texas -The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has transitioned away from political boundaries for the purpose of monitoring white-tailed deer populations and toward biologically-based communities or Resource Management Units (RMUs).
The department has identified 33 unique RMUs across the state having similar soils, vegetation types and land use practices they believe will more accurately capture [...]
November 11, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting Rules |
Read More »
AUSTIN, Texas — Seventeen lucky sportsmen are making special plans for hunting season as winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts. The hunters were selected by random computer drawing from applicants in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department program.
All told, hunters bought 79,327 Big Time Texas Hunt entries during this year’s sales period through [...]
November 6, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
HARRISBURG – With thousands of Pennsylvania hunters heading off to hunt big game in other states and Canadian provinces, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe reminds hunters that, in an effort to prevent the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into the Commonwealth, the agency prohibits hunters from importing specific carcass parts from [...]
October 7, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
North Dakota Game and Fish Department big game biologist Bill Jensen is currently working with a number of landowners across the state who would like to host antlerless deer hunters in 2008.
“We are hoping to match landowners who want a good deer harvest with antlerless whitetail and mule deer hunters looking for a place to [...]
August 28, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
More than 38,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available after the North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. These remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no limit to the number of licenses a hunter can receive.
Hunters can apply online at the Game and Fish [...]
August 21, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
The Colorado Division of Wildlife has posted its annual story package for the 2008 Big Game Hunting Season. All media outlets are invited to use these for specials sections, on web sites or in regular publications.
Go to this web site to access the stories:
http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/BigGameHuntingStories.htm
The DOW recently posted a new image data base. Instructions to download [...]
August 19, 2008 | Posted in
Featured Article |
Read More »
Archery pronghorn season opens Friday, August 15, and continues through September 15. In addition, in many units, archery seasons on mule deer, white-tailed deer and elk open August 30 and run through September.
In the warm weather of summer, hunters should consider the higher country.
Hunters are reminded that archery permits are required. And archers using blinds [...]
August 15, 2008 | Posted in
Hunting |
Read More »
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
Hunting Reports |
Read More »