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Entries for June 2017

Confirm registration now for alligator quota hunt

Confirm registration now for alligator quota hunt

By Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources

Technical difficulties with the 2017 Alligator Limited Quota Hunt registration website have been resolved, and the website is again open for registration, which continues until 8 a.m. CDT on July 11. If you are a hunter who didn’t get a Conservation ID during the 2016-2017 hunting seasons, the number is required to apply for an alligator tag... READ MORE

Applications open for antlerless limited permit areas

Applications open for antlerless limited permit areas

By West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Applications for the 2017 Antlerless Deer Season limited permit areas are now available online. Applications will be accepted until midnight, August 13. "These limited permit areas provide antlerless deer hunting opportunities in counties or areas of the state where wildlife biologists have determined that issuing limited numbers of antlerless de... READ MORE

Moose survey results estimate population increase

Moose survey results estimate population increase

By Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Wildlife biologists estimate the number of moose in the western Upper Peninsula core population area at 378 animals, up from 285 in 2015. “Our survey findings this year are encouraging because a possible population decline detected in 2015 was transitory,” said Dean Beyer, a wildlife research biologist who organizes the sampling and ge... READ MORE

Big game draw permit applications open June 12

Big game draw permit applications open June 12

By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Beginning June 12, residents and nonresidents can apply for one 2017 Nebraska deer permit in any draw unit, and residents may apply for one elk permit and one buck or either-sex antelope permit in available units. Paper applications must be received by June 23 at 5 p.m. Central Time or by 11:59 p.m. for online applications. One application is allo... READ MORE

CWD management zone expands to one county

CWD management zone expands to one county

By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

The Game and Fish Commission has added Van Buren County to its official CWD Management Zone in its efforts to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease.        No positive cases of CWD have been found in Van Buren County, but a positive elk was collected in Searcy County last year within a few miles of the coun... READ MORE

Survey finds first Southeastern bat with WNS

Survey finds first Southeastern bat with WNS

By Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources

Biologists have confirmed white-nose syndrome (WNS) in the southeastern bat (Myotis austroriparius) for the first time. The species joins eight other hibernating bat species in North America that are afflicted with the deadly bat fungal disease. The diseased bat was found in Shelby County, Alabama, at Lake Purdy Corkscrew Cave by surveyors from th... READ MORE

Antlerless deer permits applications now online

Antlerless deer permits applications now online

By Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife

Muzzleloader season antlerless deer hunting permit applications are now available on the Vermont Fish & Wildlife website. The muzzleloader antlerless deer permit application deadline is August 24. This year, hunters applying online for an antlerless permit will do so through the online license sales system as if they were purchasing a license... READ MORE

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