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Entries for February 2022

Virginia’s first elk hunt, a conservation milestone

Virginia’s first elk hunt, a conservation milestone

By Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Ten years after the successful restoration of elk to their historic Virginia range, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is accepting applications for its first elk hunting season through March 30, 2022. "Instituting the first-ever managed elk hunt a mere decade after restoration is an indicator that the state’s elk herd is gro... READ MORE

2021 bighorn sheep, moose and elk harvests

2021 bighorn sheep, moose and elk harvests

By North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Harvest statistics released by Game and Fish Department show overall hunter success during the 2021 season was 80% for bighorn sheep, 90% for moose and 65% for elk. The department issued four bighorn sheep licenses and auctioned one. Four of the five hunters harvested a bighorn ram. Of the 470 moose licenses the department issued last year, 448 hun... READ MORE

Preliminary deer harvest of 147,004 drops from 20-21 totals

Preliminary deer harvest of 147,004 drops from 20-21 totals

By Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 147,004 deer during all 2021-2022 archery and firearm seasons that concluded Jan. 16. The total preliminary deer harvest for all seasons compares with a total harvest for all seasons of 162,752 deer in 2020-2021. During the 2021-2022 deer seasons, hunters took 43.75% does and 56.25% males. Arch... READ MORE

Expanded bicycle, electric bicycle use starts Feb. 28

Expanded bicycle, electric bicycle use starts Feb. 28

By Missouri Department of Conservation

Bicycles and electric bicycles will be allowed on many MDC conservation-area service roads and multi-use trails starting Feb. 28. Multi-use trails allow a variety of users, such as horseback riders, bicyclists and hikers. Service roads are non-public roads on MDC areas used by staff to conduct resource management activities. Many service roads are ... READ MORE

Turkey lottery applications close March 2

Turkey lottery applications close March 2

By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

The application period for turkey lottery hunts on public lands has been extended through March 2 at 5 p.m.Those applying after Feb. 28 will notice a completely different licensing and lottery hunt application system that will go live the morning of March 1. Because the current system will be shut down on the afternoon of Feb. 28 to convert to the ... READ MORE

Bear, deer, turkey harvest data totals decease in 2021-22

Bear, deer, turkey harvest data totals decease in 2021-22

By Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

Wildlife biologists have compiled preliminary figures for the 2021-22 hunting season. Bear, deer and fall turkey harvests all decreased from the previous season, as expected. The 2021-22 season was the first season which hunters were required to report their game through the harvest reporting system using phone, internet or the GoOutdoor... READ MORE

2022 Maine moose permit lottery application now open

2022 Maine moose permit lottery application now open

By Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Maine’s annual moose permit lottery process is now open for 2022. Applications will be accepted online only. Applicants will be able to indicate several preferences, including which wildlife management districts (WMD) they are willing to accept a permit in, and if they would accept a permit in another WMD if their name is drawn and all o... READ MORE

Harvest wolves now only if human life in danger

Harvest wolves now only if human life in danger

By South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) no longer has management authority over gray wolves, and they can no longer be hunted or trapped in South Dakota, following the Feb. 10 District Court ruling that reinstates wolves under the Endangered Species Act, with exception of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Following 45 years of protection... READ MORE

2021 bear harvest totals decline as expected

2021 bear harvest totals decline as expected

By New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Bear hunters took 1,346 black bears during the 2021 hunting seasons, an estimated 403 bears in the Northern Zone and 943 bears in the Southern Zone. This represents roughly 30% fewer bears taken in the north and 20% fewer taken in the south than in 2020, but only about 10% fewer than the five-year average harvest in each zone. Throughout the state... READ MORE

Wolf harvest season, other rules eliminated

Wolf harvest season, other rules eliminated

By Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Following a U.S. District court ruling on Feb. 10 that returns wolves in the lower 48 states to the Federal Endangered Species List, Wisconsin is not authorized to implement a wolf harvest season. The U.S. District court’s ruling Feb. 10 returned wolves in the lower 48 states (except the northern Rocky Mountains region) to the Federal Endang... READ MORE

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