Posted in Deer Hunting on July 17th, 2006 No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on July 17th, 2006 No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on July 6th, 2006 No Comments »
Deer hunters who campaigned for changes in their sport may get some answers on Thursday.
The Natural Resources Commission meets in Big Rapids to consider some controversial rule changes.
The first proposal would limit hunters in the UP to one buck per year. The second would reduce the number of UP antlerless tags by 5000.
The proposal […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on June 25th, 2006 No Comments »
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources recently sent out random surveys to Indiana hunters via the postal service in an attempt to identify the concerns of Indiana deer hunters.
The two-page questionnaire contained 25 multiple choice questions. Those who were selected received the questionnaire this week and were asked to […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on June 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Idaho Fish and Game estimates 80 percent of the mule deer population in Heise died because of the harsh winter.
Fish and Game have been using helicopters and radio collars to track the mule deer, and because of this big loss, the Fish and Game Commission is now planning to accommodate hunters.
For […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on June 16th, 2006 No Comments »
It took exactly one night last week for the deer to discover my dad’s tomato seedlings and nip them in the bud.
He didn’t have his electric fence up because last year he didn’t have any trouble with deer, and because local folklore insisted that there weren’t any deer in our area any […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on June 12th, 2006 No Comments »
Hunter fined $10,000 for not tagging whitetail buck
The Wichita EagleIn U.S. District Court on Wednesday, a Colorado hunting guide was fined $10,000 for not tagging a whitetail buck he shot during the 2000 firearms deer season.
Fred Mau, a booking agent from Penrose, Colo., pleaded guilty to shooting a buck and not tagging it because he […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 12th, 2006 Comments Off
Deer hunters face status quo proposal
New youth-only hunt is main alteration to big-game tag packages
Mail TribuneDespite a second straight year of increased counts of black-tailed deer in Southern Oregon, state wildlife biologists are requesting no increases in controlled deer tags here.
The only difference deer hunters may see here this fall and winter is a new […]
Posted in Deer Hunting on May 12th, 2006 Comments Off
Wisconsin Learn To Deer Hunt Apps. Available
Youths and adults who interested in learning how to hunt deer can now apply for separate one-day “Learn to Hunt Deer” workshops that will be offered this fall at the Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center’s in Babcock. Workshop participants are then allowed to return for a […]
Posted in Deer Hunting, Hunting on May 7th, 2006 Comments Off
Decreasing elk herds mean fewer licenses for hunters -Elk hunters have been cautioned for years that the good times are now and they won’t last forever.
The end might be nearer than you thought.
On Thursday, the Colorado Wildlife Commission approved issuing 15,000 fewer cow-elk and either-sex licenses for this fall’s big-game season, the first in what […]