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Entries for September 2020
Youth, disabled deer season opens Sept. 19
By Iowa Department of Natural Resources
The Iowa deer hunting tradition will be passed on to about 10,000 young hunters who are participating in the youth deer season which opens on Sept. 19. The season is designed as a mentor-styled hunt, matching young hunters with a licensed adult to teach proper deer hunting techniques, wildlife behavior and safe hunting practices without the added ... READ MORE
Collared deer legal to harvest during fall deer seasons
By Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
During the 2020 hunting season, hunters may spot deer equipped with radio collars. Collared deer are part of a mortality study in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and are legal to hunt with a standard Wisconsin hunting license and harvest authorization. The DNR Office of Applied Science is conducting a long-term mortality study called ... READ MORE
Deer season for youth hunters opens Sept. 18
By North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Deer season for youth hunters opens at noon Sept. 18, the start of a nine-and-a-half-day deer hunting season for licensed residents who turn age 11, 12 or 13 in 2020. They can hunt statewide for antlerless white-tailed deer. Resident deer gun hunters who turn age 14 or 15 in 2020 can hunt statewide with a youth season license for any deer, except f... READ MORE
Coyote hunting, invasive species control regulations revised
By Missouri Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation has updated regulations regarding the use of thermal imaging and night vision equipment to hunt coyotes and control feral hogs on private property. The regulations were updated at the recent Sept. 4 meeting of the Conservation Commission. The change comes in response to citizen requests to the Regulations Committee to... READ MORE
Register Oct. 1 for field trial area hunts for physically disabled
By Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area (FWFTA) in Hale County, Alabama, will host a series of deer hunts for hunters with physical disabilities from late November 2020 through January 2021. To register for the hunts, call (334) 289-8030 starting Oct. 1. “Access to outdoor activities such as hunting should be available to everyon... READ MORE
Sept. 15 deadline to apply for gun deer draw hunts
By Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Sept. 15 is the next deadline for 12 different Drawn Hunt categories, including popular deer categories. For Whitetail Deer, Tuesday, Sept. 15 is the deadline for these hunt categories: E-Postcard Quail, E-Postcard Youth Archery Deer, E-Postcard Youth Deer, Gun Deer - Antlerless/Spike, Gun Deer - Either Sex, Gun Deer - Management, National Refuge ... READ MORE
EHD confirmed in deer in two counties
By New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Officials confirmed several white-tailed deer in the towns of Nelsonville and Cold Spring in Putnam County and near Goshen in Orange County died after contracting Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). EHD is a viral disease of white-tailed deer that cannot be contracted by humans. The EHD virus is carried by biting midges, small bugs often called n... READ MORE
Deer archery season opens Sept. 12
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Hunters ready to stock up the freezer with some venison will get to take to the woods beginning this Sept. 12. Last year, nearly 80,000 archery hunters harvested almost 40,000 deer. Statewide, hunters can use archery equipment throughout the entire 2020-2021 deer season. “I’ve heard many times over the years that it’s too hot du... READ MORE
First deer hunt of the 2020 season Sept. 12-13
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michigan’s Liberty Hunt, a firearm deer hunt on private or public lands for youth and hunters with disabilities, returns statewide Sept. 12-13. Those 16 or younger and eligible hunters with disabilities can join the hunt. A list of qualifying criteria is available in the 2020 Hunting Digest or online. In 2020, the weekend is open to hunters ... READ MORE
Report sick or dead wildlife on new DNR website
By Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Indiana DNR has launched a new website for public reporting of sick or dead wildlife. The new online tool is designed to collect information about Indiana wildlife that appears sick or has died without an apparent cause. Reports are added to an active database that helps DNR track wildlife health over time and detect disease outbreaks. The form c... READ MORE