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Entries for 'Gray Loon'
Hunter and turkey numbers decline in fall firearms season
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Hunters checked 3,698 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1 through 31. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 6,158.
Top harvest counties for the 2016 fall firearms turkey season were Greene with 128, Franklin with 96, and Wayne with 92.
Turkey biologist says this year’s low fall firearms tur... READ MORE
Despite poor weather, youth hunters successful
By New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Young hunters harvested 246 deer during the 2016 Youth Deer Hunt Weekend, down 37 percent from the official 2015 total of 391.
The preliminary total does not include information from all registration stations. The 2016 total is below the average since the special youth deer hunt began in 1999.
Despite poor hunting conditions with heavy rain... READ MORE
Early youth season hunters check 11,171 deer
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Young hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 11,171 deer Oct. 29 and 30, during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2016 deer hunting season.
Top counties for the early youth portion were Osage with 253, Howell with 246, and Franklin with 242 deer checked. The total number was less than last year’s harvest total for the early youth portio... READ MORE
Moose hunters see 72% success rate for 2016
By New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Preliminary reports indicate 52 hunters succeeded in taking a moose during the state’s 9-day season which ended Oct. 23. With a total of 72 permits issued, the statewide success rate hit 72 percent compared to the 2015 overall success rate of 69 percent.
More than 8,000 people entered the moose hunt lottery for a chance to win a permit for t... READ MORE
CWD testing required opening weekend Nov. 12-13
By Missouri Department of Conservation
To help find and limit the spread of Chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Conservation Department needs the help of deer hunters who harvest deer in the areas where the disease has been found.
Mandatory testing is required in the CWD management zone.
CWD has been found in northeast, central and east-central Missouri. According to wildlife-disease e... READ MORE
Game and Parks to sell firearm deer permits on Veterans Day
By Nebraska Game and Park Commission
Hunters will be able to buy firearm deer permits at Game and Parks Commission offices on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The offices will be closed for all other business.
The November firearm deer season is Nov. 12 through 20.
Game and Parks offices Customer Service will be available to sell permits at the Lincoln headquarters; district offices in Allian... READ MORE
Early muzzleloader season harvest numbers drop
By Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Warm, windy weather played a role Oct. 17 and 18 in early muzzleloader season when hunters took 2,987 deer, a number sharply down from 2015 when hunters benefitted from the timely arrival of a cold snap. Biologists with Fish and Wildlife Resources say deer numbers are good across the state, but early returns from the 2016-17 season could portend a ... READ MORE
Muzzleloader deer, elk, bear seasons open Oct. 22
By Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Opening day for muzzleloader or primitive firearms deer hunting season on Oct. 22 will be the first chance for adult deer hunters to take a firearm into the field. It is also opening day for muzzleloader elk season on private lands in open zones only, and opening day for muzzleloader bear season in open areas only until 20-bear quota is met. In 201... READ MORE
Firearms deer hunting season opens Oct. 22
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Firearms deer hunters take to the woods beginning Oct. 22, continuing through Jan. 8, 2017 statewide. During firearms deer season last year, over 302,000 hunters harvested almost 300,000 deer.
Georgia hunters have access to more than one million acres of public hunting land, including over 100 state-operated wildlife management areas. Special hunt... READ MORE
Mule deer numbers increase by 100,000 in 4 years
By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
When Utah's general rifle buck deer hunt begins Oct. 22, hunters will find the number of deer in the state is the highest it has been since the 1980s.
The number of bucks, compared to the number of does, is also impressive. Surveys conducted by DWR biologists, report a total population of more than 384,000 mule deer. In just four years, the... READ MORE