HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is expecting hunters to encounter a sizeable wild turkey population when they head afield for the opening day of wild turkey season Saturday. And finding birds this fall may be easier than it was last year.
“Wild turkey hunting is one of Pennsylvania’s premiere outdoor experiences,” said PGC Executive Director [...]
October 31, 2008 | Posted in
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CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire’s five-day fall shotgun turkey hunting season takes place Monday through Friday, October 13-17, 2008, in select Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) in the Connecticut River Valley and southwest portions of the state (WMUs D1, D2, G, H1, H2, I1, I2 and K). These areas have New Hampshire’s densest wild turkey populations.
Participants [...]
October 6, 2008 | Posted in
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$18,175 allocated for specific projects; another $30,000 for outreach and education
ALLEN — The Kansas State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) recently announced selection of the following Hunting Heritage Super Fund proposals for funding 2009 projects in the Sunflower State. These proposals had been evaluated and ranked earlier by the Kansas Super Fund [...]
September 29, 2008 | Posted in
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LITTLE ROCK – Biologists from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission again have proposed a conservative turkey season. The AGFC has tried to address declining turkey harvests through the regulations process starting in spring 2005.
AGFC turkey biologist Mike Widner told the Commission, that the shorter season of 30 days in 2005 and 2006 undoubtedly aided [...]
September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Turkey hunters who were unsuccessful in this year’s lottery for the fall hunting season may apply for 2,243 surplus permits starting at noon Monday, Sept. 15.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) makes surplus permits available at all Electronic Licensing System (ELS) outlets and online at www.dnr.state.mn.us.
The Web site also contains information on surplus licenses [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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Hunter safety should be a top priority
MADISON – The 2008 fall wild turkey and ruffed grouse seasons are set to open at the start of shooting hours on Sept. 13, and state wildlife officials say hunter prospects are good for both seasons.
Wisconsin’s wild turkey population also continues to grow, and wildlife officials have increased the [...]
September 4, 2008 | Posted in
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The Wildlife Board approves a big increase in permits for 2009
The chance you’ll draw a wild turkey hunting permit in Utah just got better.
The Utah Wildlife Board has approved 13,761 public hunting permits for hunts in Utah next spring. That’s an increase of more than 80 percent over the 7,706 public permits that were available [...]
September 2, 2008 | Posted in
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Sportsmen and sportswomen wishing to hunt big game in Arizona this fall can start applying for leftover hunt permit-tags beginning at 8 a.m. (MST) Monday, Aug. 11. For those who either missed the fall drawing or were unsuccessful in the draw, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has tags for deer, turkey and juniors-only javelina [...]
August 5, 2008 | Posted in
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PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management has released the results of Rhode Island’s 2008 spring turkey season. Turkey hunters harvested 203 birds during the month-long hunt, a four percent increase over the 195 birds taken during the 2007 season. The harvest included eight birds taken during the two-day junior hunter and paraplegic hunter seasons [...]
June 12, 2008 | Posted in
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland’s hunters reported taking 2,833 wild turkeys during the 2008 spring turkey season, a 15 percent increase from the 2007 harvest of 2,455 turkeys. Nearly 1,200 turkeys were taken during the first week, 30 percent more than 2007’s opening week.
“Spring turkey hunters were greeted by excellent weather early in the season, providing ideal [...]
June 2, 2008 | Posted in
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