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Hunter safety courses have decreased hunting accidents in Missouri – As we are finishing up another season of hunter safety it might be a good time to talk about the hunter safety program in Missouri. Hunter safety started in the state of New York in 1949 because the accident rate was increasing at an alarming [...]

Michigan ‘06 Turkey Deadline Approaching – The Department of Natural Resources reminds all turkey hunters that they must apply for a license or purchase a Guaranteed Hunt Period license (Hunt No. 234) by the Feb. 1 deadline to be eligible to participate in the 2006 spring turkey hunting season.
Hunters may apply for or purchase a [...]

Game Commission supports deer hunting with ancient weapon
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Game Commission on Tuesday signaled its support for allowing hunters to stalk deer with a primitive spearlike weapon known as the atlatl.
The unanimous, preliminary vote came against the recommendation of the commission’s staff, which said the weapons were not consistently lethal enough to [...]

Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer John Papson weighed in this week on the current deer season. Papson’s bosses have asked him to complete a report on how the southeast region is responding to this year’s deer management changes. Namely the extended season.
Papson will give his findings based on his field surveys he and his [...]

More does than bucks – State reports a healthy deer harvest With an interesting mix of warm days followed by rain and/or snow making it a typical Kentucky winter, how about some seasonal news:
Deer season totals
With the close of archery hunting over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, Kentucky’s 2005-06 white-tailed deer season is history.
The [...]

Pittsburgh Outdoors notices
Rifle/trap leagues – Frazier-Simplex is threatening to run away with the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League title, but there’s a real race on for second place. Murrysville and Dormont-Mt. Lebanon are tied with 6-3 records after last week’s action. Murrysville lost to Frazier-Simplex 1484-1475, while Dormont-Mt. Lebanon scored a 1482-1444 victory over [...]

Oregon duck hunting zones SALEM – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today announced they are seeking feedback from hunters regarding the state’s duck hunting zone boundary structure.
The current zones may be viewed on Page 15 of the 2005-06 Game Bird Hunting Regulations. Zone 1 currently comprises all of western Oregon and the Columbia [...]

Wild Turkey Federation has events planned
The 5th Annual Hunting Heritage Banquet sponsored by the Team Camo Crookston Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will be Friday, Feb. 3 at the Eagles Club in Crookston. Yelping and gobbling, or social hour, begins at 5 p.m. with dinner set to be served at about 7 p.m.
Tickets [...]

Bow hunters in Illinois may have set a record this deer hunting season.
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, bow hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 64,474 deer during the 2005-06 archery deer season in the state.
That’s nearly 850 more deer than was harvested last year, when a record 63,639 were killed.
“We are [...]

Bill to spare high-fence hunting sure to draw fire – The controversial practice of hunting deer in high-fence preserves, set to be banned this March in Indiana, would survive under a proposal that gets its first hearing today.
A hearing on House Bill 1349, which would overturn a ban on deer-hunting preserves, will be at 10:30 [...]