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Entries for March 2018
Cavitation device wins prize to block Asian carp from Great Lakes
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
A solution proposed by Edem Tsikata, a software consultant at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, has received the top award at the Carp Tank competition. Tsikata’s “Cavitation Barrier to Deter Asian Carp” would utilize a row of specially designed propellers to generate a wall of cavitation bubbles that implode and em... READ MORE
2017-18 buck harvest up 10 percent
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania’s buck harvest increased 10 percent, and the overall deer harvest also was up 10 percent, in the state’s 2017-18 hunting seasons, which closed in January. Hunters harvested an estimated 367,159 deer in the 2017-18 seasons, which easily topped the overall deer harvest of 333,254 in the previous year. Across the 23 Wildlife... READ MORE
Post season report surveys 2017 deer season
By North Dakota Game and Fish Department
A total of 49,407 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 30,100 deer during the 2017 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the Game and Fish Department. The department made available 54,500 deer gun licenses last year. Overall hunter success was 61 percent, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in ... READ MORE
Panhandle CWD containment zone expands
By Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved expanding the state’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) Panhandle Containment Zone following the discovery of the disease earlier this year in a roadkill white-tailed deer. “The decision to expand slightly the Panhandle Containment Zone is a direct result of the test positive roadkill discovery... READ MORE
NASCAR legend Earnhardt Jr. named 2018 Hunting & Fishing Day honorary chairman
By National Hunting & Fishing Day
NASCAR racing legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. will serve as the 2018 honorary chairman of The National Hunting and Fishing Day, according to the NHF Day organization. The annual celebration, set for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, brings together sportsmen and women to celebrate the rich tradition of fishing and hunting with national, state, regional and loca... READ MORE
Spring turkey hunters face production challenges
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri turkey hunters can expect a more challenging spring season; poor turkey production in recent years has affected turkey numbers. The spring turkey hunting season starts with a youth-only weekend April 7-8. The regular spring season runs April 16 through May 6. Although the good hatches of 2011, 2012, and 2014 helped to bolster turkey number... READ MORE
Strong harvest record of 15,984 deer for 2017
By Vermont Fish & Wildlife
Vermont Fish & Wildlife officials report the 2017 deer harvest was strong despite challenging conditions like warm weather and an abundance of wild food sources. The numbers are broken out in the final season report. Officials say a total of 15,984 deer were harvested during the 2017 seasons, the third highest since 2002.That breaks down into ... READ MORE
More than $1.1 billion distributed from hunter-angler excise tax conservation funds
By United States Department of Interior
The Interior Department has apportioned more than $1.1 billion in annual national funding for state wildlife agencies from revenues generated by the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration (PRDJ) Acts for 2018. Allocations of the funds are authorized by Congress. To date, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... READ MORE
Public meetings will address new CWD concerns
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Two special public meetings are planned for April 3 and April 5 to address positive cases of chronic wasting disease discovered in three new Arkansas counties – Benton, Sebastian and Washington. The Fort Smith meeting will be held at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center beginning at 6 p.m., April 3. The Springdale meeting w... READ MORE
Deer harvest for 2017-18 season increases 8 percent
By North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
The annual deer harvest summary indicates North Carolina hunters reported harvesting 161,854 deer during the 2017-18 hunting season, an 8 percent increase over the 2016-17 season.
Deer harvest increased in districts 2 through 9, ranging from 3.4 percent in District 3 to 13.3 percent in District 4; however, District 1 showed a 3.9 percent decline i... READ MORE