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Spring turkey permits available; season opens March 25

Spring turkey permits available; season opens March 25

By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Spring turkey hunting permits for 2021 are now available. The spring archery season opens March 25, youth shotgun on April 10, and the regular shotgun on April 17. All spring turkey seasons close May 31. Nebraska offers some of the best turkey hunting opportunities in the nation. Nebraska offers birds in every county of the state. The state also of... READ MORE

Winter turkey season opens Jan. 21

Winter turkey season opens Jan. 21

By Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Winter turkey season for hunters who did not harvest a turkey during the 2020 fall season will run statewide from Jan. 21 to 23. Hunting hours are from one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset. The bag limit is one turkey of either sex. “Wild turkey populations are at record high levels in many areas of Maryland,”&nbs... READ MORE

WFF reactivates 800 number for Game Check

WFF reactivates 800 number for Game Check

By David Rainer / Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Hunters can now talk to a live person in the call center 24/7. The toll-free Game Check phone number, 1-800-888-7690, is back and better than ever. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has reactivated the number for hunters to comply with the reporting requirements for the harvests of white-tailed deer and wild turkeys. What makes t... READ MORE

Archery season extended to Jan. 31 in urban zone

Archery season extended to Jan. 31 in urban zone

By Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Hunters can bow hunt through the end of January in southeastern Michigan. The extended archery deer hunting season will be held in the urban deer management zone of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties. Chad Stewart, deer, elk and moose program leader, said the extended hunt is a chance for hunters to pursue some high-quality deer and an opportunity ... READ MORE

CWD effects studied in northern Arkansas

CWD effects studied in northern Arkansas

By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

A team researching chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in the heart of the area where it is most prevalent in Arkansas will begin capturing and monitoring deer in January. Most people won’t notice research is occurring, although others may run across activity or structures that aren’t familiar, especially in Newton and Searcy c... READ MORE

Hunters check 9,708 deer in muzzleloader season

Hunters check 9,708 deer in muzzleloader season

By Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Deer hunters completed the 2021 muzzleloader season with 9,708 deer checked from Jan. 2 to Jan. 5. Over the last three years, an average of 12,695 deer were taken during the same four-day period. During the weeklong and extra weekend of deer-gun season, 86,853 deer were checked by Ohio hunters. In total, 102,672 deer were harvested with a gun, incl... READ MORE

Hunters take 6,136 turkeys during 2020

Hunters take 6,136 turkeys during 2020

By Vermont Fish and Wildlife

Hunters took 6,136 wild turkeys during 2020, including 627 turkeys taken in the April youth weekend hunt, 4,791 gobblers taken during the regular spring season, and 718 birds during the fall. “Although 2020 will undoubtedly be remembered as the year of many challenges, at least one thing remained the same – Vermont hunters took to the w... READ MORE

14,555 deer taken during alternative-methods season

14,555 deer taken during alternative-methods season

By Missouri Department of Conservation

Preliminary data shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 14,555 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 26 - Jan. 5. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 318 deer harvested, Callaway with 317, and Osage with 298. The harvest total for last year’s alternative-methods portion was 12,024. The archery de... READ MORE

Hunter success rate at 76% for pronghorn season

Hunter success rate at 76% for pronghorn season

By North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Hunter success during last fall’s pronghorn hunting season was 76%, according to statistics provided by the Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish issued 1,782 licenses (1,108 lottery and 674 gratis), and 1,572 hunters took 1,199 pronghorn, consisting of 1,044 bucks, 137 does and 18 fawns. Each hunter spent an average of three days afield. T... READ MORE

CRP general signup now open; ends Feb. 12

CRP general signup now open; ends Feb. 12

By USDA Farm Service Agency

Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began signing up for the popular program Jan. 4 and can continue until Feb. 12, 2021. The competitive program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes... READ MORE

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