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LANCASTER COUNTY, PA -  it must be time to think about deer hunting.

As I write this column, I’m mentally traveling back in time to a December morning in the second week of Maryland’s gun season last year.
That day seems like it was decades ago, in an alternate universe, when I think about the weather then […]

The deadline to apply for a 2006 fall turkey license is Tuesday.
Hunters may apply at any authorized license dealer and at Department of Natural Resources operation service centers throughout the state.
Hunters also may apply online at www.michigan.gov/dnr.
“Since we began offering online applications, more and more hunters are applying via the web,” said Denise […]

Park commission hikes hunting places, hours
The Morris County Park Commission Monday unanimously approved a revised wildlife management plan that will increase hunting places and hours in the continuing effort to reduce the number of deer in county parks.The commission heard sharp criticism of its policy Monday from Barbara Sachau of […]

The hunting model in Texas, where leases and fees dominate, isn’t perfect, “but it isn’t broken either,” a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department official told representatives from western state wildlife agencies.
Ruben Cantu was among the speakers Monday at a Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies conference in Bismarck.
Speaking on […]

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is recommending waterfowl hunting dates and waterfowl hunting zone lines for the next five years that reflect a review of scientific data, waterfowl hunter survey data, and comments from sporting organizations, waterfowl hunters and other constituents during the last eight months.
IDNR Acting Director Sam Flood announced Thursday that the […]

Proposed Waterfowl Hunting Dates for the 2006-07 Seasons
“For the North and Central zones, duck season opening days have been established for the next five years. However, we will be monitoring carefully the effects of the Thanksgiving opener in the South Zone this fall, particularly on duck hunting at Carlyle Lake and […]

Kentucky elk permits doubling to 200 this year
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will issue 200 elk permits for the 2006 hunting season, twice as many as last year.

Hunters must apply for the permits, which will be distributed by random drawing. The application deadline is July 31, and those drawn will […]

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will meet in Nashville Wednesday and Thursday, and a hot issue is on the agenda.
Baiting for deer is allowed in several surrounding states, including Kentucky, and some hunters have pushed for baiting to be allowed in Tennessee. Apparently some TWRC members agree with these hunters, and they have asked the […]

While the Indiana Department of Natural Resources has not set dates for the 2006 teal season, the spring counts have provided encouraging news. This year’s survey indicated that 5.9 million teal winged back north to breeding grounds. That was a 28-percent increase from last year.
Teal are the smallest of all ducks and the blue-winged teal […]

Hunting allowed in State Forests

CONSERVATION hunting will be permitted in nine State Forests in the Northern Tablelands, including Copeton near Gilgai and Mt Topper near Tingha.Member for the Northern Tablelands, Richard Torbay, said conservation hunting would allow specially licenced and accredited hunters to play a greater role in controlling feral […]