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Entries for 'Gray Loon'
Life Hunt provides high-five celebrations
By Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: Dudley Luckie, his grandfather Rick Lewis (right) and Rusty Morrow of the Alabama Conservation Enforcement Officers Association. ACEOA was Luckie’s sponsor for the hunt. It’s been said that delayed gratification is almost always sweeter than the instant variety. Anyone who saw Dudley Luckie’s face during the Jan. 10, 11 and... READ MORE
Deer harvest tops 200,000 for fifth straight year
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
With a month and a half left in archery deer season, Arkansas hunters have checked more than 200,000 deer. This is the fifth consecutive year the Arkansas harvest has surpassed that milestone.
“The first time the harvest surpassed 200,000 deer was in 2012,” said Ralph Meeker, assistant deer program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and... READ MORE
Final deer harvest 263,832; archery turkey harvest 2,304
By Missouri Department of Conservation
The 2016-2017 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with a preliminary total harvest of 263,832 deer. Top counties for the overall season were Franklin with 5,272 deer harvested, Howell with 5,242, and Texas with 4,608.
Hunters harvested 273,249 deer during the 2015-2016 deer hunting seasons.
Deer hunting ended with the close of the archery season. ... READ MORE
Four positives for CWD found in recent testing of deer
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
The presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has been detected for the first time in southeastern Nebraska, according to findings by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
The Commission conducted a CWD sampling operation in its Southeast District deer check stations during the 2016 November firearm deer season. Four samples tested posit... READ MORE
Supplemental deer feed permits available for southern UP
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Winter supplemental feeding permits allowing private citizens and sportsmen's groups in the Upper Peninsula to feed deer are now available.
Supplemental deer feeding permits are available by contacting DNR offices in Baraga, Marquette, Crystal Falls, Escanaba, Newberry, Sault Ste. Marie and Shingleton (Cusino).
In the northern part of the region,... READ MORE
Spring turkey permits now available
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska spring turkey hunting permits are now available. The state offers some of the best turkey hunting opportunities in the entire country.
Spring archery season opens March 25, youth shotgun on April 8, and the regular shotgun on April 15. All spring turkey seasons close May 31.
Nebraska offers birds in every county of the state, including ... READ MORE
March 1 deadline for UP deer habitat grants
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
March 1 is deadline to apply for a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grant funding in the Upper Peninsula through the Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative.
It is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state lands in the Upper Peninsula.
Groups eligible for these grants include organizations with... READ MORE
Hunters harvest 3,012 black bears in 2016
By West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia hunters harvested 3,012 black bears during the combined 2016 archery, crossbow and firearms seasons, according to Colin Carpenter, black bear project leader.
The preliminary black bear harvest data for the combined 2016 seasons were 6 percent lower than the record set in 2015. The harvest is the second highest bear kill recorded and ... READ MORE
Operation Double Dip results in $85,000+ in fines, restitution
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Conservation Police and Indiana Conservation Officers investigated cases of hunting license/permit fraud beginning in early 2015 extending through 2016 that has resulted in more than $85,000 in fines and restitution.
“Operation Double Dip was started to investigate individuals who claim residency in Illinois and Indiana to purchase... READ MORE
Hunters take 112,384 deer, 19% below 2015 harvest
By West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Preliminary counts indicate West Virginia hunters harvested 112,384 white-tailed deer during the recently completed bucks firearms, antlerless, muzzleloader, archery, crossbow and youth/Class Q/Class XS deer seasons.
This year’s total harvest was 19 percent below the 2015 deer harvest of 138,493 deer, and 15 percent below the five-year avera... READ MORE