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Entries for October 2008
Florida: Spring Turkey Quota Hunt Worksheets Available
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From Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
-- Hunters looking to go turkey hunting on most of Florida's wildlife management areas during the 2009 spring turkey season need to apply for quota hunt permits beginning 10 a.m. (EDT), Tuesday,...
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New York to Issue Deer Management Permits
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From New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
-- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that approximately 10,000 Deer Management Permits (DMPs) will be issued to hunter...
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Texas: Game Wardens Arrest Men for Illegally Transporting Deer
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From TPWD
-- At around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Mills County, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens apprehended two central Texas men and a resident of Louisiana for allegedly hauling eight white-tailed deer believed to have been smuggled a...
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Bringing Home Bubba
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By J.R. Reisinger
-- I was grumbling on opening morning of Maryland's 2005 general gun season because I had to work. But that afternoon I decided to head out to an area I had been hunting during bow season. I was after a particular buck I'd seen the...
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Playing by the Rules
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By Tyler Sprecher
-- The months leading up to the 2002 Pennsylvania deer season held more anxious anticipation than usual for two reasons. First, it was the beginning year of new antler restriction laws, and more importantly, it would be my ...
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New York: Routine Testing Reveals TB in Captive Fallow Deer
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From New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
-- The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today reported the finding of tuberculosis (TB) in a captive red and fallow deer herd in Columbia County. The finding of TB is the ...
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A Greater Joy
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By Daniel Powell
-- I always wanted to hunt deer. As a child, I hunted small game because my family was not interested in deer. These dreams of hunting deer never went away as I became an adult. By the time I was 30 years old, I had the oppo...
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Pennsylvania Calls for Youth Essays
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From Pennsylvania Game Commission
-- Young hunters ages 12 to 16 from throughout Pennsylvania are reminded all entries for the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Hunter Education Youth Essay Contest must be postmarked no later than Oct. 31.
The theme f...
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Yamaha Gives More Than $200,000 to OHV Clubs and Land Managers
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From Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.
-- In its largest quarter of funding to date, Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., through its popular OHV Access Initiative, donated more than $200,000 in cash and equipment to projects supporting safe, responsible riding and...
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Giving Back
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By Bryon Kelly
-- It started with a telephone call to a person I had never met. I talked with Wayne Shadden of Shadden Tire and Service in Crossville, Tenn., about hosting a hunt for a few members of our military. A plan was instantly set in motion,...
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25-Hour Black Bear Hunt
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By Mac Moad Jr.
-- I left my house tired but excited at 4 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, to meet up with my friend, Brad, in Booneville, Ark. I couldn't sleep the night before, so I spent most of the night watching Buckmasters deer hunting videos. My ATV...
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Unexpected Trophy
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By Jeff Redwine
-- This past year, my family and I moved to Oklahoma for my job. I was eager to find a place to hunt and found a game warden willing to help. He suggested I try a plot of land that is managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers....
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Beyond the Harvest
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By James Catalano
-- I moved from Mississippi to Missouri several years ago for work reasons and have enjoyed the hunting opportunities my new location has to offer. Coming from a state that has an extended rifle season to one that only allows 10 da...
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Calling All Whitetails
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By Michael Lee
-- Hunters step out into the woods each fall with hopes of bringing that buck of a lifetime in for a shot. One of the most popular tools in a hunter's arsenal to make that dream a reality is the deer call. From the "can" sty...
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IMR Introduces White Hots Muzzleloader Preformed Charges
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By Randy D. Smith
During Sept. 5-6, 2008, several outdoor writers gathered at Jody Starr Outfitters in Fowlerton, Texas, to hunt with IMR Powder Company's new White Hots muzzleloader preformed charges.
White Hots is a non-nitrocellulose-base...
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Missouri Urban Deer Harvest Report
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From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Hunters checked 678 deer during the Urban Portion of Missouri's Firearms Deer Season, up 124 deer from last year but still well below the record for the four-day season.
Hunters could legally shoot only &...
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Louisiana White-tailed Deer Researchers Release Study Findings
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By Justin Thayer, Michael Chamberlain and Scott Durham
-- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Louisiana State University initiated a deer telemetry project in fall 2006. The project, titled "Population Characteristics of a Wh...
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