TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

In Northwest Colorado, CPW Commissioner and Meeker resident Marie Haskett invites the public to join her and CPW personnel for a discussion on the five-year Big Game Season Structure, beginning at 6 p.m., Jan. 7, in the Mountain Valley Bank, 400 Main Street, in Meeker. Once approved in July of 2019, the new season structure will go into effect from 2020 through 2024. This Big Game Plan includes the number of... READ MORE

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  A year long project at the Port Allen Small Boat Harbor has completed with new slips opened on December 21, 2018 and boaters can move back into their slips. The Port Allen Small Boat Harbor is located on the southern coastline of Kaua`i on the eastern shore of Hanapepe Bay. All slip permittees were required to vacate their slips in February 2018. Some permittees were able to obtain temporary moorage at... READ MORE

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The Waikiki-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area (SFMA), O‘ahu, will be closed to fishing for one year, from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019. The SFMA encompasses the nearshore waters between the ‘Ewa wall of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium and the Diamond Head Lighthouse, from the high-water mark on shore to a minimum seaward distance of 500 yards, or to... READ MORE

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   The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for the 2019 turkey season lottery hunts on state wildlife management areas (WMAs). The deadline to submit applications is Feb. 8, 2019. Regular turkey lottery hunts will be held on nine WMAs this spring. Youth lottery hunts will be held on 11 WMAs. The 2019 wild turkey season will open... READ MORE 

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This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Updated: Tuesday 12-26-2018... READ MORE

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  Hunt ducks and geese in New Mexico into the new year. Hunt ducks, light and dark geese in the Centrail and Pacific flyways north and south zones. Duck Stamp: Federal law requires all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age or older to carry a valid federal Migratory Bird Hunting & Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp). Harvest Information Program Number (HIP): Each license year, migratory bird hunters must obtain a HIP number. A Light Goose Conservation Order: Permit is required for hunters participating in the conservation order hunts Feb. 1–March 10, 2018.  The Seasons for ducks and geese are... READ MORE

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close oyster harvest in the East portion of the Calcasieu Lake Public Oyster Area in Cameron Parish, at one half-hour after sunset on Monday, December 31, 2018. The oyster population in Calcasieu Lake is managed on a harvest threshold, and the recommended harvest threshold has been reached.  Continued harvest may threaten the long-term sustainability of... READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the winter portion of the firearm deer hunting season opens Jan. 4, 2019, in Deer Management Region B, which includes all of the state except the westernmost counties. Hunters with a valid hunting license may use firearms to harvest sika and white-tailed deer during this season. The season is open Jan 4 and 5, 2019 in all Region B counties and Jan 6, 2019 -- on private lands only in ... READ MORE

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Three deer taken during the 2018 North Dakota deer gun season have been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. While two of the positive deer were taken in unit 3F2, an area of North Dakota known to have CWD, the third was taken from Divide County in deer unit 3A1, previously considered free of CWD. Our focus needs to... READ MORE

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  Oregon winter steelhead anglers are asked to return snouts from hatchery steelhead harvested in the Umpqua River basin. ODFW will scan the snouts for coded wire tags in the first of a multi-year research project to improve winter steelhead fishing in the South Umpqua River. Anglers can deposit snouts in collection barrels at various boat ramps around Douglas County and at the ODFW office in Roseburg. Bags and tags with date and location of harvest are in the barrels. In addition... READ MORE

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The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission (TFWC) has made regulatory changes in response to the confirmation of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer in Fayette and Hardeman counties. The changes came at a special called meeting of the TFWC on Thursday (Dec. 20) at the Tennessee WRA headquarters. Ten deer in Fayette and Hardeman counties have been confirmed as positive with (CWD). In addition, three more deer have tested preliminarily positive this last week from... READ MORE

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Delaware hunters have more deer hunting opportunities opening in Jan 2019. DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is promoting the January opening of additional Delaware deer hunting seasons, which extend opportunities for hunters to harvest deer during the 2018/19 hunting season. The following deer hunting seasons open in January... READ MORE

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  Florida gag grouper will close to recreational harvest in Gulf state and federal waters Jan. 1, 2019. The same day, several species of grouper will also close to recreational and commercial harvest in Florida state waters of the Atlantic and all state waters off Monroe County. This Atlantic seasonal closure includes: gag, black, red, yellowmouth, and yellowfin grouper; scamp; red hind; rock hind; coney; and graysby. A similar closure will occur in Atlantic federal waters. For gag grouper, state waters off ... READ MORE

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The Kansas Commissioners recently approved fishing regulation amendments for 2019, including prohibiting the take of channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead catfish with bowfishing equipment in streams and rivers. Catfish can still be taken with bowfishing equipment in lakes and reservoirs that don’t have a length limit for any species. Two Type 1 Trout Waters were... READ MORE

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  The Kansas commission recently approved the 2019 Fall Turkey Hunting Seasons. The current structure for the 2019 fall turkey season was maintained, establishing the 2019 dates: Oct. 1-Dec. 3, 2019 and Dec. 16, 2019-Jan. 31, 2020 and is open in Turkey Management Units 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. The bag limit is one turkey per fall turkey permit. The current structure for the fall turkey season was maintained, establishing the 2019 dates... READ MORE

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