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Annual turkey counts go high tech
By Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
For those interested in helping researchers estimate the size of Kentucky’s turkey flock, there’s a new app to allow more people to participate in research. Zak Danks, ruffed grouse and wildlife turkey program coordinator, said the department has added a smart phone app and a web-based survey to make it easier for people to report turke... READ MORE
Applications open for Drawn Hunt Permits
By Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Hunters can now apply for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Drawn Hunts. The online system is accepting applications. This year about 9,500 permits in 49 hunt categories are up for grabs for drawn hunts on public and private lands. Among the offerings through the online system are hunts for white-tailed and mule deer, pronghorn, turkey, a... READ MORE
3-year fawn study indicates stable survival rates
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
Three years of field study, 165 captured fawns and more than 200,000 trail-camera photos have demonstrated Pennsylvania has good, stable fawn survival. The research, which wrapped up in 2017, was started to see if predators, particularly coyotes, were taking more fawns than documented in a two-year study that began in 2000. The Game Commission and ... READ MORE
Private land deer baiting rule ends disparity
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
On the authority of the 2011 law, the Board of Natural Resources recently approved a measure allowing hunters on private lands across the state to hunt as close as they would like to supplemental feed. This change, in effect for the 2018–19 deer hunting season, remedies an existing disparity among hunters hunting deer on private lands in the ... READ MORE
Two counties now affected by CWD transport rules
By West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Two eastern panhandle counties have been added to three that already have restrictions on the disposal and transport of deer carcasses. The rule, designed to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease, became effective July 1. Berkeley and Mineral counties have been added to Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan counties as areas where restrictions apply. ... READ MORE
Youth season revised as Apprentice season
By South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
What South Dakota deer hunters previously called Youth Deer Hunting Season has been renamed “Apprentice Deer Hunting Season” to reflect a rule modification allowing residents of any age who have not held a deer hunting license for 10 years to apply for an antlerless deer license. Youth hunters, resident and nonresident, who are or will ... READ MORE
Volunteers needed for summer wild turkey survey
By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Volunteers are being asked to participate in the Department of Natural Resources’ annual summer wild turkey survey in July and August. The survey, which has been conducted since 1982, involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians, game wardens, and volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public. It is used to estima... READ MORE
Nikon Expands Award-Winning MONARCH HG Binocular Line
By Nikon Sport Optics
With a century of optics-building technology at its back, Nikon announces its most advanced, highly engineered MONARCH binocular is now available in a compact form. The new MONARCH HG 30mm series follows in the footsteps of its award-winning* 42mm siblings and provides nearly identical performance specifications in a smaller size and nearly 8-ounce... READ MORE
New CWD cases expand across state
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
The number of chronic wasting disease cases continues to multiply in Pennsylvania, and more of the state’s residents are being impacted by rules that aim to slow the spread of the disease, which always is fatal to the deer and elk it infects. In 2017, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in 78 free-ranging deer in Pennsylvania. That&rsq... READ MORE
July 6 last day to enter Super Tag Lottery
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
July 6 is the final day hunters may enter the Nebraska Super Tag Lottery. The prize: a four-species permit. The Super Tag permit offers the opportunity to take one elk of either sex, one antelope of either sex, one deer of either sex and two turkeys (two in the fall season, two in the spring season, or one in each season). The permit is good for tw... READ MORE