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Connecticut 2018 unsold Deer Lottery Permits is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Unsold lottery permits can be purchased online or at select DEEP offices up until sold out or the season ends. All unsold lottery permits must be purchased at the end of the transaction. You must have a valid current hunting license. All permits are issued on an... READ MORE

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Turkey Hunters in Emanuel County have some new acreage to target this year thanks to more than 6,000 new acres available at Ohoopee Dunes WMA, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). This property, along with the statewide turkey season, opened to turkey hunters on Sat. March 24, and is open through... READ MORE

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  At its March 22 meeting in Boise, the Fish and Game Commission instructed staff to draft a proposal for a fall grizzly bear hunt in which one male bear could he harvested. Fish and Game biologists are scheduled to present the commission with proposed hunting season options for Commission action at the Commission’s May 10 meeting in McCall.  Under an agreement with Wyoming and Montana... READ MORE

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Natural Resources Commission will host a series of public engagement meetings on chronic wasting disease. The meetings will provide an opportunity for the commission and department to hear suggestions and observations from hunters and residents interested in the health of the state’s deer herd. Vicki Pontz, chair of the Natural Resources Commission, said that both the commission and the DNR are focused on achieving specific CWD management objectives. CWD public engagement meetings will take place in... READ MORE

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Minnesota elk range in northwestern Minnesota has three herds with a total of 97 elk, according to the annual aerial elk population survey completed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Kittson, Marshall and Roseau counties. Year-to-year, the survey results vary depending on the movement of the Caribou-Vita herd that travels back and forth across the Minnesota-Manitoba border. Meanwhile... READ MORE

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  For the first time in the 32 year history of the program, Kurth Reservoir in Lufkin has produced a Toyota ShareLunker entry. Angler Pablo Torres Jr. of Lufkin caught the 13.34 pound, 26 inch Legacy Class lunker in less than 8 feet of water while fishing with his son-in-law at the lake March 25. At first I didn’t even know it was a fish – it thought I was hung up, Torres said. I tightened up and it started swimming, and... READ MORE

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  The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard the first reading of the 2018-19 general hunting regulations at its monthly meeting in Little Rock.The commission will hear the second reading of the regulations at its next meeting in April, and it will vote on the proposals in May. Significant proposals include... READ MORE

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Idaho Fish and Game Commission at the March 22 meeting made several changes that big game hunters should be aware of for the upcoming fall seasons, including: Eliminated the two tags in mountain goat controlled hunt 6005 in Unit 10-3 because the goats appear to have moved out of the hunt area. Eliminated bighorn sheep hunt 7007 in Unit 46-2, which would have offered two tags, and extended hunt 7006 in... READ MORE

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  Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Thursday, March 22 approved spring Chinook fishing on the Clearwater, Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers to start April 28 and run until closed by the Fish and Game director. Fisheries managers are forecasting a run of 66,000 spring Chinook, roughly double last year’s return and slightly above the 10-year average of 62,000. Included in the forecast are 53,000 hatchery Chinook and... READ MORE

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The Idaho 2018 Statewide Spring Turkey hunting season opensApril 15, 2018 through May 25, 2018 and April 15, 2019 through May 25, 2019. Any left over permits go on sale April 1. Idaho's general season youth turkey hunt runs Sunday, April 8 through Saturday, April 14. Licensed youth who are 10 to 17 years old on April 8 may participate in the general youth turkey hunt. NEW regulatiions for the 2018 Turkey hunting Season include... READ MORE

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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds hunters that 554 spring turkey licenses remain in six units. These remaining licenses are issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning March 20. Applications must be submitted online at the Game and Fish website. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply. The governor’s proclamation allows a maximum of ... READ MORE

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  Tennessee’s 2018 spring turkey season opens on Saturday, March 31 and continues through Sunday, May 13. Spring turkey harvest numbers have been consistent for a number of years in Tennessee. Tennessee turkey hunters have passed the 30,000 harvest mark for 15 consecutive years during the spring hunting season. Hunting hours for turkeys are 30 minutes prior to legal sunrise until legal sunset. Legal hunting equipment includes ... READ MORE

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Citing potential conflicts between quail hunters and deer hunters in some counties in the quail-rich Rolling Plains, the Texas Commission voted unanimously to reject a proposal that would have set standardized, statewide dates for the general white-tailed deer hunting season.  Those dates were proposed to be the first Saturday in November through... READ MORE

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  In several parts of the country Chinook (king) salmon numbers on the west coast have declined dramaticaly to the point of canceling sport fishing for the great fish altogether in 2018. It is for this reason that TBC Press has looked deeper into the 2018 Chinook (king) salmon recreational forcast for Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington to give anglers... READ MORE

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Washington deer and elk hunters have until March 31 to enter their names into the drawing for a 2018 multiple-season tag, which can greatly increase the opportunity for success in the field. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will hold the drawing in mid-April, randomly selecting names for 8,500 multiple-season deer tags and 1,000 multiple-season elk tags. Winners may also choose... READ MORE

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