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Entries for May 2017

Apply for fall quota hunts through June 15

Apply for fall quota hunts through June 15

By Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Thousands of quota hunt opportunities await hunters applying for fall quota hunts for deer and wild hogs. There also are special hunts for families, youth, people with disabilities, bowhunters and those hunting with muzzleloaders. Florida's Quota Hunt Program prevents overcrowding and controls the harvest of game on wildlife management areas (WMAs... READ MORE

May 15 deadline to apply for moose lottery

May 15 deadline to apply for moose lottery

By Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

The deadline to apply for the 2017 Maine Moose Permit Lottery is May 15. Applicants receive instant confirmation for successful lottery entry. To apply online click here. The moose permit drawing will take place June 17 at Caribou Parks and Recreation. Applicants are awarded bonus points for each consecutive year they have applied for the lotte... READ MORE

Preliminary results of predator-prey study detailed

Preliminary results of predator-prey study detailed

By Michigan Department of Natural Resources

A Wildlife Through Forestry forum on May 8 will showcase preliminary results from an ongoing Upper Peninsula predator-prey study. This the third forum in a highly-successful series that links wildlife topics to ways habitat may be developed and enhanced for a range of species on private lands in the western Upper Peninsula. The long-term predato... READ MORE

Slight reduction in buck deer permits

Slight reduction in buck deer permits

By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Drought conditions, followed by a tough winter in parts of Utah, means 1,625 fewer hunters will be hunting buck deer during the state's general hunt this fall. More hunters will be hunting desert bighorn sheep, bison and pronghorn, though, with increases in permit numbers. After presentations from Division of Wildlife Resources biologists, chairme... READ MORE

Wild turkey population in NE Minnesota grows

Wild turkey population in NE Minnesota grows

By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Wild turkey populations are on the rise in northeastern Minnesota, and the birds are showing up in areas where they haven’t been seen in the past. Once considered limited to southeastern Minnesota’s agricultural fields and rolling bluff country, wild turkeys have expanded their range in small areas as far north as Itasca and southern S... READ MORE

Public and WMA alligator season applications open

Public and WMA alligator season applications open

By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Applications for the public alligator hunting season and the Wildlife Management Area alligator hunting season opened May 1 online. The 2017 season opens at noon Sept. 9 and runs until noon Oct. 14. The deadline to apply is June 15. Hunters will be notified July of selection status. No paper applications will be accepted. Applicants can apply and... READ MORE

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