Posted in Hunting on June 30th, 2005 Comments Off
2004 Wisconsin Big Game Survey Available
From the Wisconsin DNR
The second highest white-tailed deer harvest on record and increases in the bear and spring turkey harvests are among the statistics available in 2004 Wisconsin Big Game Hunting Summary. The annual summary is now available online on the Department of Natural Resources Web site and in hard […]
Posted in Hunting on June 29th, 2005 Comments Off
NDOW turning hunting into a rich man’s game - Nevada’s gaming industry doesn’t have a thing on the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), the state agency that doles out big game hunting tags to sportsmen every year.
NDOW just completed its annual lottery for deer, antelope, elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat tags. Tens of thousands […]
Posted in Hunting on June 28th, 2005 Comments Off
Setting of 2006 Hunting Quotas Starts - THE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has started setting the hunting quota for the 2006-hunting season.
Officers from the authority’s Scientific Services Unit are already on the ground trying to meet some stakeholders in the hunting industry so as to determine quotas to be set.
In a statement, the authority’s […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on June 28th, 2005 Comments Off
FWP Issues Boundary and Regulation Corrections to Deer and Elk Hunting District 309 - Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) has issued a correction to the regulations for deer and elk hunting district 309 in the Gallatin Valley.
The boundary legal description for hunting district 309 was published incorrectly. The hunting district is a Special Weapons […]
Posted in Hunting on June 27th, 2005 Comments Off
An extra day of hunting could add up to more trouble - We all have been hearing about the opening of Sunday hunting. The legislators of the state have been trying to pass this idea for the seventh day of the week for a number of years.
But what good would it do to hunt […]
Posted in Duck Hunting on June 25th, 2005 Comments Off
Spring Lake wetland project completed ; state takes over June 30 SPRING LAKE — For decades, property owners sandwiched between Spring Lake and the Illinois River have drained their land of excess water so that it can be farmed.
Now, the process has been reversed on a portion of that land, returning it to its natural […]
Posted in Turkey Hunting on June 25th, 2005 Comments Off
My first turkey hunt - Lois Davis of rural Angola bagged this 16-pound jake last year on Mother’s Day. It was her first turkey ever, and one that came on the last day of the season. Photo contributed.
It was my first year turkey hunting and like many others, I bought a lot of different […]
Posted in Hunting on June 25th, 2005 Comments Off
State takes look at Morro Bay hunting Opponents and proponents of hunting in the Morro Bay estuary will present their arguments to the state Fish and Game Commission in Bishop today.
Mandy Davis, a Morro Bay resident who lives on a boat and runs a kayak eco-tour business, is seeking to restrict hunting days and alter […]
Posted in Archery Hunting on June 25th, 2005 Comments Off
Crossbows approved for archery hunting RICHMOND – Virginia hunters won’t need a doctor’s note to hunt with a crossbow this coming autumn.
Thursday afternoon the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ board of directors approved a proposal to allow hunters to use the weapons during the state’s archery seasons. The new regulation will also allow hunters […]
Posted in Duck Hunting on June 23rd, 2005 Comments Off
Turkey hunt harvest declines - If your harvest tag was filled and counted along with those of other hunters who registered a bird during Wisconsin’s recently-closed spring wild-turkey hunting season, consider yourself lucky.
According to preliminary figures released last week by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), turkey hunters harvested 45,485 birds during the 2005 spring […]