TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

The Division of Wildlife Resources are recommending changes that will affect anglers in Utah for the next two years. If the changes are approved, you would be allowed to use corn as bait at all of Utahs fishing waters, keep more lake trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, enjoy a two-day possession limit statewide, and have a better chance at catching big channel catfish at Cutler Reservoir. And that's just the start... READ MORE

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 Oklahoma 2018 Turkey Hunting Season Opens with Archery Oct 1st and runs through Jan 15, 2019 statewide. All counties are open for the fall turkey archery season. Hunters may harvest one turkey of either sex during all fall seasons combined. Gun Season with opens.  All turkeys must be checked within 24 hours of leaving the hunt area. Gun season, which opens... READ MORE

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Oklahoma 2018 big game hunting season opens Oct 1st with archery. Bowhunters can pursue deer, elk, antelope and black bear. DEER: bag limit is six deer. nor more than 2 may be antlered. All deer taken during archery season count toward hunters combined season limit of six deer. Field Tagging Requirements: All hunters (including lifetime license holders) who harvest a deer or elk must immediately... READ MORE

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  The Oklahoma 2018 Dove Hunting Season Opens Sept 1st - October 31, 2018 and December 1 - December 29, 2018. Bag and Possession Limit: 15 daily, 30 in possession after first day combined, 45 in possession after the second day combined. The limit may consist of any combination (aggregate) of mourning doves, white-winged, and fully dressed (those without a head or fully feathered wing naturally attached to the carcass) Eurasian collared doves. However... READ MORE

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September marks the start of the Washington 2018 hunting seasons for deer, elk, waterfowl, and upland game birds in many areas of the state. To help hunters have a successful hunting season, The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has released its annual Hunting Prospects, which provide guidance and hunting information for each district. WDFW asks that hunters pay special attention to several new rules that will take effect this year... READ MORE

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  The Arizona Game and Fish Department is accepting paper applications for 2019 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for spring turkey, javelina, bison and bear. The online application service is expected to be available in early to mid-September. The deadline for all paper applications is 7 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Postmarks do not count. In addition... READ MORE

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This year, the Connecticut DEEP will purchase a total of 20,000 adult pheasants for the 2018 hunting season. DEEP will be stocking 4 extra weekends this year. The first will be for Junior Pheasant Hunter Training Day on October 13, 2018. On this weekend, approximately half of the areas statewide will be stocked.   Based on pheasant hunter survey results, we also will be stocking birds for the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the first two Saturdays in... READ MORE

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  Connecticut 2018 waterfowl season opens with Early Canada Goose Sept 1 - Sept 29. Everyone is reminded of the changes to the Connecticut Duck Stamp and HIP that occurred in 2016, which affected requirements to hunt migratory birds (waterfowl, woodcock, snipe, rails, and crows). The $13 Connecticut Duck Stamp was merged with the $4 Harvest Information Program (HIP) permit into a single $17 Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp. Other changes include... READ MORE

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Connecticut 2018 deer hunting season opens with archery Sept 15. All bowhunters must show proof when purchasing a small game/deer archery permit that they have completed the CE/FS bowhunting course (since 1982) or its equivalent from another state or country. If you have previously purchased a 2002, or later, Connecticut bowhunting permit you have already provided such proof. Hunting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise until sunset. Sunday Hunting... READ MORE

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The Hawaii (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces a change in dates for the hunting season in the Pu u Wa awa a Forest Reserve (PWW) Youth and Disabled Hunt and Makai Sections and the special Ungulate Control Program for the PWW Mauka section. The recent Waikoloa wildland fire delayed the opening of the hunt. These date changes will extend the season to accommodate for the loss of hunting days during the first weekend... READ MORE

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  When Kentucky’s 2018 deer season opens Sept. 1, a number of new regulations will be in place. Deer hunters should note the following changes for the upcoming season: The modern gun deer season has been lengthened in Zones 3 and 4 and will now be 16 days across all zones, opening Nov. 10 and continuing through Nov. 25, 2018. The statewide and youth deer permits now allow for... READ MORE

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The opening of the 2018-19 dove First Season: Sept. 1 – Oct. 20 marks the traditional start of hunting activity in Maryland, Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said. Bag limits, season dates and shooting hours can be found in the 2018-2019 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping. All migratory bird hunters, including landowners who are license-exempt, must purchase a Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp/Harvest Information Program Permit and possess the printed receipt while hunting. Season dates are as follows... READ MORE

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  The first hunt period of the 2018 elk season starts Aug. 28, and 100 Michigan hunters will have 12 days to fill 30 any-elk and 70 antlerless-only licenses issued in the northern third of the Lower Peninsula. The first hunt - also known as Michigan’s early elk hunt – allows hunters to harvest an elk in any location in the elk management unit except within the core elk range; this approach helps to... READ MORE

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A deer feeding ban is in place until at least 2019 for 11 central and north-central Minnesota counties surrounding two facilities where multiple captive deer were infected with chronic wasting disease.  Although wild deer in these areas are not known to have CWD. These feeding bans are a proactive step to keep CWD at bay. Central Minnesota  & North Central counties affected by the ban are... READ MORE

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