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West Virginia’s traditional buck firearms season begins Monday, Nov. 25, the latest possible opening date. This season opens the Monday before Thanksgiving every year. The later opening this year can result in days with snow on the ground, which gives hunters an advantage of spotting and tracking deer. Hunters should enjoy a great deer season in 2019. Hunters may harvest two deer on the same day, but only one of those can be an antlered buck. The first deer does not have to... READ MORE

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  The Wisconsin 2019 Gun deer season begins Nov. 23 and runs through Dec 1.  Muzzleloader season opens Dec. 2–11,  The Statewide Antlerless Hunt opens Dec. 12–15 and the Antlerless-only Holiday Hunt is Dec. 24–Jan. 1, 2020. The Wisconsin DNR invites you to listen to the Wild Wisconsin - Off the Record podcast to help get prepared. Carcass disposal locations available for firearms deer hunters are.. READ MORE

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Massachusetts Waterfowl Hunters Reminded of New Bag Limits as Season Gets Into Full Swing. The Mallard daily bag limit has been decreased to 2 birds (only 1 female), the Regular Goose (except Snow & Blue) daily bag limit for the Berkshire Zone has been decreased to 2 birds, and the Northern Pintail daily bag limit has been increased to 2 birds. During the 2019 – 2020 waterfowl hunting season, the state is divided into zones... READ MORE

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  Massachusetts 2019 pheasant hunting season opened Oct 19 and runs through Nov 30. Hunting on Sundays is prohibited. Hunting hours begin at sunrise and end at sunset on Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's) stocked with pheasant or quail, otherwise hunting hours begin ½ hour before sunrise and end ½ hour after sunset. MassWildlife is asking hunters to keep a... READ MORE

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Massachusetts 2019 shotgun season opens Dec 2 and runs through Dec 14. Hunting is prohibited on Sundays. Primitive Firearms Season: Dec. 16 - Dec. 31. Hunting hours begin ½ hour before sunrise and end ½ hour after sunset. (Except on WMAs stocked with pheasant or quail during the pheasant or quail season, hunting hours are sunrise to sunset.) To hunt white-tailed deer in Massachusetts you must have... READ MORE

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A moose in northwest Montana tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the first time the disease has been detected in the species in Montana. A hunter harvested the bull moose in late October near Pulpit Mountain west of Quartz Creek and north of Troy. The harvest occurred less than half a mile to the west of the existing Libby CWD Management Zone. Montana FWP collected the voluntary sample from the moose and... READ MORE

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  Tickets for the 2020 Nevada Dream Tag raffle are available now and will be sold until June 30. Winners have the change to hunt mule deer, antelope, elk, bighorn sheep or black bear. The winners will be announced in early July. The Nevada Dream Tags Program is a raffle that allows resident and nonresident sportsmen a chance at the hunt of a lifetime while also contributing to Nevada’s wildlife habitat. All that is required to get started in the raffle is to... READ MORE

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Nevada have a few NEW hunting regulations for 2020 for sage-grouse hunting, spring turkey hunting and waterfowl hunting. Changes include:... READ MORE

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The South Dakota west river deer season opened Nov. 16. As of that date, Game, Fish and Parks and landowners are giving access to 24,145 acres of landlocked public land by adding 27,730 acres of new land to the Walk-In Area Program. That’s a total of 51,875 acres of new access for the public, said Kevin Robling, deputy secretary with S.D. GF&P. That’s a tremendous result from this initiative so far. In western South Dakota, nearly 300,000 acres of public land are... READ MORE

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  The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission proposed a change to harvest restrictions for flathead catfish. The change would limit anglers to only one flathead catfish 28 inches or longer per day as part of the daily limit, statewide. This proposal originated via the public petition process. Individuals can comment online or to comment in person, the public hearing will be held Dec 12 at... READ MORE

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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission proposed to allow the use of rifles on private land for the West River spring turkey prairie hunting units. Currently, the use of rifles is not allowed for any spring turkey hunting. This proposal would continue to exclude use of rifles on private land enrolled in the Walk-In Area Program and the entire Black Hills unit. Individuals can comment online or to comment in person, the public hearing will be held Dec 12 at... READ MORE

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  Active duty military and military veterans will have two extra days to pursue waterfowl in Alabama this season under new federal guidelines.  Those military personnel and veterans will be able to hunt waterfowl on November 23, 2019, and February 8, 2020, the same dates as the Alabama Special Youth Waterfowl Hunts.Military active duty and veterans must have proof of service and... READ MORE

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  Hunters looking for excellent opportunities to limited-access public hunting land can apply online for special permit waterfowl hunts on three wildlife management areas and 11 private fields leased by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The first application period for these hunts is Nov. 14-17 for hunts on Nov. 23 and 24. Only certain locations are drawn online, and only for Saturdays and Sundays. If permit holders do not... READ MORE

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An electrical problem at a water-control structure at Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge has reduced the efficiency of infrastructure designed to flood portions of Big Lake Wildlife Management Area for Arkansas 2019 waterfowl season. The malfunctioning water-control structure normally would allow water to flow around the refuge and down a canal labeled “Ditch 28,” which supplies water for much of the WMA where... READ MORE

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