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DGIF overhaul has yet to reach its conclusionMay 24 was a dark day for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
At a special meeting of the department’s board of directors in Richmond, with TV cameras rolling, camera shutters clicking and a half-dozen reporters writing feverishly in notebooks, a state auditor released the findings [...]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on May 31st, 2005 Comments Off
Turkey Hunting – There are two times of the year when you can hunt turkeys, spring and fall. You need a permit to hunt turkeys. In the spring, your permit allows you to hunt in a specific area during one of the 5-day turkey hunting periods. The spring 2005 turkey hunting season goes from April [...]
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Legislature wasted time on free hunting licenses After reading that the Legislature passed a bill allowing people 100 years or older to hunt for free, I would like to propose a rational argument that this was the biggest waste of time in Maine legislative history. For the purpose of this argument, please assume my reasonable [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 31st, 2005 Comments Off
Legislature tightens rules on deer stands and duck decoys
ST. PAUL
Lawmakers reached a compromise bill that would severely restrict the use of motorized duck decoys, but not ban them altogether, and clarify that permanent hunting stands on state lands are public regardless of who built them.
The Legislature approved a bill last week that included dozens of [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting, Hunting on May 31st, 2005 Comments Off
Getting ready for elk hunting
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By Karl J. Power
Changes for the upcoming elk seasons are evident this year, with the game commission’s recent approval of the November 2005 and September 2006 elk hunts to take place through one lottery-type drawing.
The Pennsylvania Game [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 28th, 2005 Comments Off
Changes to fall hunt get the OK from NRC
Lansing — Several DNR proposals that will affect hunting seasons this fall were passed by the Natural Resources Commission at its meeting earlier this month in Lansing.
Pheasant and deer hunting opportunities have been expanded, elk seasons were set, and fall wild turkey units were finalized.
White-tailed deer
The NRC [...]
Posted in Duck Hunting on May 28th, 2005 Comments Off
New concept in waterfowl hunting coming to West Tenn. Waterfowl hunters all across the state of Tennessee will get to apply to hunt in a brand new waterfowl hunting unit this year located at Bogota, Tenn. Waterfowl hunters wishing to hunt this new unit will apply by application (mail or internet) as soon as the [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 28th, 2005 Comments Off
Indiana To Discuss Fenced Deer Hunting Indiana DNR The Department of Natural Resources will conduct five public fenced deer hunting meetings during June.
“Hunting deer behind fences in Indiana is a topic that has been debated and discussed for a number of years,” said DNR Director Kyle Hupfer. “It is time the DNR took a more [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 27th, 2005 Comments Off
Deer hunting rules likely to see change MONTPELIER (AP) — A legislative committee on Thursday postponed ruling on a package of controversial new deer regulations to give the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board a chance to revisit them.
The Legislature’s Committee on Administrative Rules also sent a strong message to board members Thursday saying they were [...]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 27th, 2005 Comments Off
No changes made in deer dog rules LITTLE ROCK – Changes in Arkansas rules for hunting deer with dogs didn’t get out of the kennel Thursday.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, which had studied and wrangled over the perennially thorny issue for months, greeted the proposals with silence. When chairman Forest Wood of Flippin asked [...]