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Entries for 'Gray Loon'
Preliminary deer harvest sets new record high
By Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
The preliminary statewide deer harvest for 2018 is 14,513 – a new record high. The totals per season include 138 deer on Youth Deer Hunt Day; 3 deer for Paraplegic Deer Hunt; 5,190 deer in Archery Season, all dates and zones; 6,496 deer in Shotgun Season; and 2,687 deer taken during Primitive Firearms Season. Deer density and hunter effort ... READ MORE
Preliminary all seasons harvest totals 151,577 deer
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 151,577 deer during all 2018-19 archery and firearm seasons, which ended Jan. 20. The total preliminary deer harvest for all seasons is higher than the total harvest of 147,695 deer for all seasons in 2017-18. During the 2018-19 deer seasons, hunters took 45 percent does and 55 percent bucks. Archery: Arc... READ MORE
Bill introduced to modernize Pittman-Robertson Act
By Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Austin Scott (GA), and fellow CSC leaders Representatives Marc Veasey (TX), Debbie Dingell (MI), and Richard Hudson (NC), have introduced the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act (H.R. 877), for wildlife conservation funding. "Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus leadershi... READ MORE
9,300 feral hogs eliminated in Missouri in 2018
By Missouri Department of Conservation
When the Department of Conservation tallied the number of feral hogs eliminated from January through December 2018, the final count resulted in 9,365 feral hogs removed from the state’s landscape by the Department, partner agencies and private landowners. In 2017, 6,561 feral hogs were removed. MDC and partners have implemented a new strategy... READ MORE
West Virginia hunters harvest 2,606 black bears
By West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
West Virginia hunters harvested 2,606 black bears during the combined 2018 archery and firearms seasons. The preliminary harvest for the combined 2018 seasons is 18 percent below the 3,160 bears killed in 2017, but is the sixth highest bear kill recorded, according to Colin Carpenter, black bear project leader. Hunters killed 637 bears during the... READ MORE
Project seeks to reduce impact of CWD
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
The Game Commission in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) is conducting a project in Blair and Bedford counties to reduce the impact of chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is a threat to Pennsylvania’s deer and elk populations. Deer and elk infected with CWD have lower survival rates, and this can ... READ MORE
Agency continues to find CWD positive deer
By Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
The total number of deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) has climbed to 91 in Fayette and Hardeman counties, according to the Wildlife Resources Agency. Three additional deer, if confirmed by secondary testing, would expand the CWD Zone. Two of the deer receiving secondary testing are from Hardeman and Fayette counties and if con... READ MORE
Life Hunt participants bag bucks of lifetime
By David Rainer, Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: Aaron Causey and Buckmasters CEO Jackie Bushman celebrate a successful hunt during the Buckmasters Life Hunt Classic at Sedgefields Plantation in Dallas County. Aaron Causey of Riverside, Ala., has been all over the world to hunt, but he considers none of his hunts more special than the Buckmasters Life Hunt Classic Jan. 13-15 at Sedgefields... READ MORE
2019 moose hunt lottery now open
By NH Fish and Game Department
New Hampshire’s 2019 moose hunt lottery is now open. The lottery entrance fee is $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents. To enter the moose hunt lottery online, or to print out a mail-in application, click here. Applications are also available from any Fish and Game license agent, the Fish and Game Headquarters or Fish and G... READ MORE
CWD sampling ramps up in Northern Alabama
By David Rainer/Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources
With positive tests for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Tennessee and additional positives in Mississippi, the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division has ramped up testing in north Alabama. WFF officials set up manned sampling stations in Hackleburg the first weekend of the new year and followed with sampling last weekend in Waterloo. Se... READ MORE