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Entries for November 2016
Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative Awards More Than $100,000 in Q3 2016
By Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
Program Expands Partnership with National FFA to Promote Responsible Land Access and OHV Safety. KENNESAW, Ga. – November 14, 2016 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, today announced the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative awarded more than $100,000 in funds and equipment to six grant recipients in the third quarter of 2016. The program was also fe... READ MORE
Youth hunters take nearly 9,500 deer
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Cooler temperatures were welcome during first youth hunt of the 2016-17 deer season when young hunters harvested 9,429 deer during the two-day season.
The harvest is lower than last year’s 12,000-deer youth hunt, but similar to the 2014 season when youth hunters took just over 9,700 deer, according to Cory Gray, deer program coordinator.
Ac... READ MORE
96,000 deer taken during Missouri firearms season opener
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 96,131 deer Nov. 12 and 13 during opening weekend of the November portion of Missouri’s fall firearms deer season.
Of the 96,131 deer harvested, 55,753 were antlered bucks, 8,873 were button bucks, and 31,505 were does.
Top harvest counties for opening weekend were Franklin with 2,04... READ MORE
What’s happening to our deer with this drought?
By David Rainer
Photo: A cloud of dust trails Josh Cornett of Toxey as he runs his spreader-rigged ATV through a small food plot in Choctaw County. The dirt clod I picked up last weekend at the hunting camp in Choctaw County crumbled into a cascade of sand and dust with just slight pressure from my thumb. Hunters and landowners who have been trying to put seeds i... READ MORE
Early season deer numbers lower; turkey numbers steady
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Hunters harvested fewer deer during the early hunting season in September and October compared with last year.
However, turkey hunters reported taking 119 wild turkeys (Allegany County 35; Garrett 51; Washington 33) during the one week fall season that ended Nov. 5. The harvest of 116 turkeys was similar to 2015.
Maryland hunters wrapped up the e... READ MORE
Elk hunt successful for 78% of hunters
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
More than 78 percent of the hunters participating in the 2016 elk hunt took home a trophy.
During the week-long elk season that ended Nov. 5, a total of 97 elk were taken by hunters. Those licensed to hunt antlered elk had a 96 percent success rate.
The 2016 harvest included 14 bulls, each estimated to weigh 700 pounds or more, with two bulls a... READ MORE
Traditional deer gun season opens Nov. 28
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio’s deer-gun season opens Nov. 28 following the Nov. 19 and 20 youth deer gun season. For hunters and others with last minute questions about Ohio’s deer-gun hunting seasons, special call center hours will be available at (800) 945-3543.
Wildlife staff will be available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 for youth deer-gun sea... READ MORE
Residents can donate or receive venison in Deer Exchange
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska hunters who have a surplus of venison and recipients willing to accept venison can come together by participating in the Deer Exchange program.
The Exchange, available annually Sept. 1 through March 1, allows hunters and potential venison recipients to join a database and search for other participants in their area. Donor and recipients w... READ MORE
Driver’s license, wildlife checkpoints start Nov. 13
By Kansas Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Game wardens, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and county sheriff’s officers will conduct joint highway checkpoints at various locations November 13.
Upland bird, deer and migratory bird seasons will be underway, and the checkpoints help enforce state and federal wildlife laws, as well as the state’s driver’s licensing laws.
KHP t... READ MORE
3-state monitoring program launched for bovine TB
By Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Kentucky is participating in a three-state effort with Indiana and Ohio to test white-tailed deer for the presence of bovine tuberculosis.
While bovine tuberculosis is an infectious disease that primarily affects cattle, it also can infect deer. The disease has not been detected in Kentucky’s deer herd.
Wildlife officials in Kentucky, Indi... READ MORE