TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

Kentucky took another step this week in its decade-long effort to keep chronic wasting disease from penetrating its border and infecting the state’s deer and elk herds. The move - to prohibit hunters from bringing any harvested deer, elk, moose or caribou (cervids) into Kentucky unless the brain and spinal cord have been removed - came shortly after a preliminary positive detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in... 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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  The seasonal winter closure for shed antler and horn hunting begins on Jan. 1 for many sections of public land, state land and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission wildlife habitat management areas throughout Wyoming. The closures help protect wintering big game by limiting stress so they can better survive the coldest and snowiest months. To protect wintering big game, Wyoming prohibits anyone from collecting shed antlers or horns on... READ MORE

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  It has been cold in southwest Wyoming and ice on Flaming Gorge Reservoir has reached areas where small lake trout are abundant! Fisheries managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department encourage anglers to target the abundant lake trout less than 28 inches and take advantage of liberal limits. Beginning January 1, 2019, the creel limit on lake trout in Flaming Gorge Reservoir will increase to... READ MORE

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The Arkansas regular duck season in Arkansas will have a brief break Dec. 24-25 before resuming for the third and final split season Dec. 26 through Jan. 27. More than 1.2 million ducks were estimated to be residing in the Arkansas Delta region, based on counts in last week's annual December aerial waterfowl survey report. More than half of that total were mallards, Arkansas Game and Fish biologists reported. The total duck and mallard counts in... READ MORE

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  Arkansas deer hunters using modern guns have one more chance to collect on their scouting time and tag a trophy. The statewide modern gun Holiday Deer Hunt is Dec. 26-28. The hunt is another testament to the strong status of deer in The Natural State. As Arkansas’s deer population has grown, this opportunity was added to help manage the deer herd and offer hunters another reason to get together during the holidays for some fellowship and fun. In addition.... READ MORE

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The winter holidays are a popular time for families and individuals to enjoy recreational trout fishing, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) trout hatcheries plan to provide plenty of opportunities for anglers of all ages over the next two weeks. Specific plants of catchable trout are scheduled at 53 waters in 25 counties. Anglers planning trout fishing outings over the winter holidays should check... READ MORE

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  Gov. Bruce Rauner recently announced that companies and individuals interested in expanding demand for food and other products using Asian carp caught in Illinois waters are invited to apply for grant funding to assist their marketing efforts. Grants are now available through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ (IDNR) Asian Carp Market Value Program (MVP) to support current Asian carp processors and... READ MORE

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The Oklahoma 2018 holiday antlerless deer gun season will open in specific zones on Dec. 21 and run for 10 days through Dec. 30. This season allows a hunter to harvest a bonus antlerless deer, even if the hunter has harvested the maximum aggregate limit of six deer for all other current deer seasons. Last year, an estimated 21 percent — about 30,000 — of all Oklahoma deer hunters participated in the holiday season, and they reported... READ MORE

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  America’s bedrock law for protecting public access to the outdoors and providing quality hunting and fishing habitat is dead and cold on the floor of Congress. Blame the U.S. Senate, who decided to play Grinch before Christmas. For 50 years, the Land & Water Conservation Fund has funded efforts to protect key habitats, provide fishing access sites, family fishing ponds and city parks around the United States. That law expired on Sept. 30, and despite... READ MORE

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Leaders from the South Carolina Chapter of Ducks Unlimited (SCDU) today presented a $25,000 check to the South Carolina (SCDNR) from the SCDU Tag Fund to support the work of the S.C. Coastal Bird Conservation Program. Ducks Unlimited (DU) is a long-standing partner with SCDNR and other members of the S.C. Coastal Bird Program, said DU Director of Conservation Programs James Rader. We make this donation in support of... READ MORE

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  South Carolinians planning out-of-state trips to hunt big game this winter should be aware of restrictions on importing deer and elk parts into the Palmetto State. With big game seasons open in many other states, the S. C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) would like to remind hunters traveling out-of-state not to import into South Carolina certain carcass parts from deer and elk harvested in areas where confirmed cases of... READ MORE

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The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces the opening of the 2018 – 2019 Game Bird Hunting Season at the Kahua/Ponoholo Ranch Cooperative Game Management Area on the Big Island on Saturday, December 22, 2018. The game bird hunting season will run through Sunday, January 27, 2019, with legal hunting days on Saturdays and Sundays only. The hunting area will be open from... READ MORE

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