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Deer hunters kept in fog for opener – High temperatures and rain make for low visibility
Lehigh Valley deer hunters bagged some dandy bucks Monday, despite a one-two punch of thick fog and summerlike temperatures that made for one of the more challenging season openers in recent memory.
Charlie Harris, 31, of Lower Macungie Township, scored [...]

Going wild over wild turkeys – arrival of the Pilgrims and disappeared from Massachusetts for a time — is now thriving.
Some residents are dismayed by growing turkey populations. Reports of turkey flocks pecking at letter carriers or tormenting schoolchildren have increased at local and state conservation offices, though turkeys pose no greater danger [...]

Whitetail Hunting kill near 100,000 – Kentucky’s modern gun deer season closes today in zone 1 and 2 counties. Hunting in zone 3 and 4 counties ended Monday.
By most accounts hunters have enjoyed a productive season. Through Thursday, 92,058 deer had been checked, 47,054 of them bucks.
Of the season total, modern firearm hunters [...]

Bow Hunting Restrictions – Henrico supervisors restrict bow shooting

Bowhunters and archers will no longer be able to practice their craft in some residential neighborhoods.
The ordinance prohibits the use of high-powered bows and arrows on all land in the county zoned for residential use, as well as land zoned for commercial and industrial purposes. Violators [...]

Hunting deer with muzzle loaders can be effective, enjoyable experience – The muzzle loader portion of Missouri deer season began on Thursday and runs until Dec. 4. The regular rifle tags filled during rifle season are good for this season as there are no longer special tags for muzzle loading.
Deer can be hunted with any [...]

Campbell Outdoor Challenge – New Haven’s Adam Carney and Shawneetown’s Dante Gill used their talents recently in an attempt to win the Campbell Outdoor Challenge 2005 Championship Challenge.
Eleven teams from a range of states competed in the challenge, which was held Oct. 29 through Nov. 4, sponsored by Whitetail Fanatic Magazine and hosted by Campbell [...]

Pennsylvania Game Commission – While Pennsylvania bear hunters
are on pace to set a new harvest record for the three-day statewide season,
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today reminded those hunters with bear licenses that they have another week in which to take a bear in certain
Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) in northeastern portion of the state.
This year’s extended [...]

Weekend elk hunting proved to be excellent – Elk hunters with a general season tag had less than 48 hours to shoot a antlerless elk in hunting district 270 last weekend before the quota was filled.
“We had a lot of happy hunters,” said John Vore, wildlife biologist for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
The general [...]

Deer hunt numbers up in NH, down in Vermont – As of last Sunday, New Hampshire deer hunters had registered 7,366 deer – four percent above the 2004 total of 7,101 at that point of the season. Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack and Sullivan counties are experiencing the highest registrations since 2000. The influence of [...]

Weekend elk hunting proved to be excellent – Elk hunters with a general season tag had less than 48 hours to shoot a antlerless elk in hunting district 270 last weekend before the quota was filled.
“We had a lot of happy hunters,” said John Vore, wildlife biologist for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
The general [...]