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Entries for March 2017
Mathews Launches Video Tribute to Women Bowhunters
By Mathews, Inc.
Mathews recently released "DRIVE", a short video celebrating women bowhunters, who despite obstacles and naysayers dedicate themselves to this beloved, yet demanding, sport. The video features four women from around the country: a blacktail hunter and archery coach from northern California, a western big game hunter from Bozeman, Mon... READ MORE
White-nose syndrome confirmed in Nebraska
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
White-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that affects hibernating bats, has been confirmed in Nebraska after several dozen dead bats were discovered during a recent survey of a mine in Cass County.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., confirmed the disease in three bats from the mine – a lit... READ MORE
$100,000 awarded for U.P. deer habitat improvement
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Eleven projects across 13 counties have been funded with $100,000 for deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula.
The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-managed lands in the U.P.
“This year's grants are for excellent projects designed to ad... READ MORE
Statewide turkey season opens March 25
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
With a bag limit of three gobblers per season, turkey hunters in Georgia have from March 25 through May 15—one of the longest seasons in the nation—to harvest their birds.
“Reproduction in 2016 was the best we have seen since 2011, so I am hopeful we can build on that recent success and expect 2017 to be a better hunting season,&... READ MORE
2 new CWD reports are first for county and area
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Two hunter-harvested deer from St. Clair County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The new cases are the first for the county and the area, according to the Department of Conservation.
Both deer were adult males, and both were harvested within a half-mile of each other on the same private property in southeast St. Clair County durin... READ MORE
50,000 licenses available for turkey season, open April 8
By Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Hunters are preparing to pursue the elusive Eastern wild turkey as Iowa’s premier spring hunting season is almost here. Spring turkey hunting begins with the youth only season April 8-16, followed by the first of four regular seasons on April 17.
Elusive maybe an understatement; of the estimated 50,000 turkey licenses that will be purchased,... READ MORE
White-tailed Deer Illinois website ready for test launch
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
A random set of Illinois deer hunters and landowners are being sent e-mail invitations to assist with finalizing a new website focused on whitetail deer.
Information collected from hunters and landowners during the review process will be used to finalize the website, with its release to the public anticipated by April 1, 2017.
The website will pr... READ MORE
12 deer test positive for CWD during 2016-17 seasons
By Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Twelve samples tested positive during the 2016 chronic wasting disease monitoring effort in which 4,879 tissue samples were collected from wild deer. Test results are pending on deer from a handful of counties, and on 86 deer tissue samples from the Clayton County special deer collection effort that ended March 5.
The disease first appeared... READ MORE
Overall deer harvest up 6 percent for 2016-17
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania’s buck harvest increased 9 percent, and the overall deer harvest was up 6 percent for the 2016-17 seasons which closed in January.
Hunters harvested an estimated 333,254 deer in 2016-17, an increase of about 6 percent compared to the 2015-16 harvest of 315,813.
Of those, 149,460 were antlered deer, an increase of about 9 percen... READ MORE
Hunter groups working on CWD plan for the UP
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
With the potential for chronic wasting disease to spread to the Upper Peninsula, hunter groups and other wildlife professionals are working cooperatively to protect the region’s deer population and hunting tradition.
“Should chronic wasting disease become established in the Upper Peninsula’s wild deer population, the deer herd an... READ MORE