TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  More than 1,000 acres of quality deer hunting land will be available to archers as part of controlled hunts at Caesar Creek, Deer Creek, Findley, Malabar Farm and Maumee Bay state parks, according to the Ohio DNR. All drawings except Maumee Bay will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. Maumee Bay will be drawn on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. Hunters must be present at the drawing location. Anterless deer harvested in these controlled hunts will... READ MORE

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  With as much as a few inches of rain falling in some areas of the state within the last few days, Arkansas dove hunters looking for options on opening day Sunday Sept 1st are encouraged to scout ahead to ensure recent storms didn’t saturate their chances at a good dove hunt.  A couple of fields prepared by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission saw substantial precipitation, preventing them from... READ MORE

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Delaware 2019 dove hunting season opens Sept. 2-Oct. 7 for first season split (½ hour before sunrise to sunset). 2nd season opens Nov 25- Jan 31, 2020. Bag limit 15 with possession limit of 45. During the month of September, all hunters must use non-toxic shot when dove hunting on State Wildlife Areas. DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife offers many early-season hunting opportunities on state wildlife areas. In addition... READ MORE

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  Delaware hunters will start their 2019/20 hunting season Sunday, Sept. 1 with the opening of archery and crossbow deer seasons. The season runs Sept. 1-Feb. 2, 2020, including Sundays (½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset). DNREC offers many early-season hunting opportunities on state wildlife areas. Sunday deer hunting for established deer seasons is legal on private land at the discretion of the landowner and... READ MORE

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The 2019 Kansas dove hunting season begins September 1 and opportunity awaits. More than 50 fields managed specifically for dove hunting by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) staff will open to the public beginning next week. See the complete list on departments website. Though flood events earlier in the year have had a significant effect on spring plantings across the state, many KDWPT-managed dove fields are... READ MORE

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  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet signed a declaration of emergency to add Labor Day, Monday, September 2 to the current weekends-only recreational red snapper season and to close the season at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, September 3, until further notice. Labor Day was not included when the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission initially voted for the 2019 weekends-only season. In addition... READ MORE

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 4-11 until noon each day to holds its annual controlled alligator harvest. After noon each day, the public will be allowed to enter the refuge and utilize recreational areas until official sunset. The delayed openings will be in effect each day or until alligator trappers have used their tags for this controlled harvest. In addition... READ MORE

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will have available five lease fields for the opening day of dove hunting season on Sept. 7 along with several LDWF Wildlife Management Area (WMA) dove fields that will be available for the season. The dove lease fields are located in Amite, Boyce, DeRidder, Lecompte and Ragley. Permits will be issued at 8 a.m. on Sept. 7 with shooting hours beginning at... READ MORE

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  The Minnesota bear hunting season opens Sept. 1, and the Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters to avoid shooting marked research bears. These bears are marked with distinctively large, colorful ear tags and have radio collars. Researchers with the DNR are monitoring about 30 radio collared black bears across the state, especially in zones 27, 25 and 45, and in parts of the no-quota zone. Most of them are in... READ MORE

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Sept. 2 will mark the beginning of Pennsylvania 2019 dove season statewide. The first segment of the season will run through Nov. 29. It will then re-open on Dec. 21 and run through Jan. 4. Hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset throughout the entire dove season. For both dove-season segments, the daily bag limit is 15, and the possession limit is 45. Electronic dove calls are allowed, Orange is not required for dove season and... READ MORE

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  West Virginia 2019 early black bear gun season, with or without hunting dogs, runs from Aug. 31 through Sept. 15 in all of Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming counties. Successful hunters are required to submit a premolar tooth from each harvested bear. In addition, hunters who harvest a female black bear are encouraged to save the reproductive tract or all the entrails. Hunters who submit a complete reproductive tract will... READ MORE

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  Dove hunting season will open Sunday, Sept. 1, across Oklahoma. The dove opener is always a highly anticipated opportunity for many hunters to get back into the field and harvest some game after the long, hot summer. Bagging a daily limit of 15 birds might prove to be more difficult this year than in the past, thanks to rainy conditions earlier this year, according to Josh Richardson, migratory game bird biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.... READ MORE

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Oklahoma 2019 early teal and resident Canada goose season opens Sept 7th.  TEAL: September 7 - 22, 2019; statewide. Bag and Possession Limit: 6 teal daily, 12 in possession after the first day, 18 in possession after the second day. GOOSE: September 7 - 16, 2019; statewide. Bag and Possession Limit: 8 daily, 16 in possession after the first day, 24 in possession after the second day No special provisions. Shooting hours for all migratory game birds are... READ MORE

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