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The presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has been detected for the first time in central and north-central Nebraska counties of Valley and Keya Paha, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Game and Parks conducted CWD sampling operations at deer check stations in its northwest and north-central deer management units during the 2018 November firearm deer season. Hunters are encouraged to... READ MORE 

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  It has been a successful season so far for New Hampshire deer hunters in the Granite State. The estimated statewide harvest, as of November 25, was 11,648. This represents a 5% increase over the 2017 harvest at this same point in the season, and the highest in the last nine years. To see a breakdown by county, with comparisons to the previous eight years, visit online. These numbers are estimates based on... READ MORE

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  Illinois late-season firearm deer hunting is Dec. 27-30 and Jan18-20. White Pines Forest State Park, 6712 W. Pines Road, will be open for hunters looking to take advantage of Ogle County’s designation as a chronic wasting disease county. The hunting area is comprised of approximately 300 acres and is mostly pines, hardwoods, some open areas and brushy fields. Permits are available from... READ MORE

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  Additional rainbow trout have been stocked by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in three eastern Nebraska lakes to enhance winter fishing opportunities. Standing Bear Lake in Omaha was stocked with 7,500 trout on Dec. 17. Holmes Lake in Lincoln and CenturyLink Lake at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park near Ashland were stocked with 3,000 and 3,500 trout, respectively, on Dec. 18. In addition... READ MORE

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As in previous years, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department stocked trout during the fall to bolster ice-fishing opportunities throughout the Granite State. Along with catchable-sized trout, retired broodstock of both brown and brook trout – many of them in excess of 3 lbs. – were also stocked in select water bodies as product availability and timing permitted. The following water bodies were stocked for the upcoming winter season... READ MORE

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  The 3rd segment of Virginia 2018-19 waterfowl hunting opened December 15 and runs through January 27. Virginia's Shenandoah Valley hunters don’t have classic waterfowl setups like the vast saltwater and brackish marshes sportsmen enjoy in the eastern half of the state. But you can still bag a few ducks on the waters available in the northwestern counties. A variety of tactics work for hunting river ducks, but three methods are most effective... READ MORE

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  The snowstorm that skirted just north of the state recently should be good news for Alabama’s duck hunters. The waterfowl seasons in Alabama are always weather-dependent. If it’s cold and snowy north of us, the birds will migrate in significant numbers into Alabama. Without the cold or precipitation to cover their food sources, the birds won’t make it this far south. Seth Maddox, Migratory Gamebird Program Coordinator with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, said duck numbers should... READ MORE

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Quail and chukar season opener this past Saturday was poor to fair across all of Southern California. The upland bird hunting opener was dismal thanks to almost no production of young birds this spring in all areas. Reports from all over the region – from the Red Mountains in the north to the Mojave Preserve to the east to the Carrizo Plain west of Bakersfield to the Imperial Valley on the south were slow, with only... READ MORE

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  The day before Halloween 2018, Michigan native Corey Memering walked into the woods near his home, hoping to encounter a deer he and other hunters knew lurked nearby, but almost none had seen with their own eyes. Little did he know, he’d never make it to his treestand, and emerge from the forest within the hour to ask friends for help tracking one of the largest whitetails ever shot in the Wolverine State. The Hunt... READ MORE

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Hunters must receive permission from landowners to hunt on private land for the upcoming special deer hunts in southeastern Minnesota, on Friday, Dec. 21 to Sunday, Dec. 23 and Friday, Dec. 28 to Sunday, Dec. 30, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The hunts take place in deer permit areas 603, 347 and 348, and portions of deer permit areas 343 and 345 that are south of Interstate 90. The majority of this special-hunt area is... READ MORE

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Spring turkey hunters hoping to bag a tom during the first two weeks of the season have through Friday, Jan. 25, to apply for a lottery permit, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The season runs from April 17 to May 31 and is divided into six hunt periods, A through F (see table below). Hunt A and B licenses for firearms hunters age 18 and older are limited in... READ MORE

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  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has issued its annual ice safety warning for lakes with winter aeration systems. Aeration creates areas of thin ice and open water that are extremely hazardous to people and pets. Open water areas can shift or change shapes, depending on weather conditions, and leaks may develop in air lines, creating other areas of weak ice or open water. Waterfowl hunters watch your dogs! The updated list of aerated lakes and... READ MORE

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  Sherry Clayton of Roxboro, N.C. killed her first buck on Nov. 10 in Person County, and it was a whopper. The 9-point buck weighed 190 pounds and has been green-scored at 135 inches. And while she had a specific trophy buck in mind, this one wasn’t even the deer she was after. I was after a different 9-pointer that was showing up on my trail cameras. I had never seen the one I killed before the day I shot it, but... READ MORE

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  Hunters and anglers who care about access to the outdoors and healthy fish and wildlife habitat should be pleased with the Farm Bill that finally cleared Congress recently. “This is a very good bill, especially when you consider where it was pointing a few months ago,” said Alex Maggos, the director of agriculture and private lands for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Earlier drafts of the bill threatened to slash conservation by $1 billion. But sportsmen groups and conservationists fought back hard and conservation programs fared better in the final negotiations... READ MORE

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