TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  Iowa’s 16-day statewide teal-only hunting season begins September 1 and all indicators are pointing towards hunters having a good year in Iowa. We likely had good production on our marshes this spring and our wetlands are in their normal late summer conditions. Teal are an abundant species that is lightly harvested. Scouting is an important part of waterfowl hunting and is especially important for teal hunting. Finding shallow wetlands with... READ MORE

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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season. Hunters are strongly encouraged to scout their areas before the season opens especially in southwest and western Iowa where May rains likely impacted many dove fields and plantings may have... READ MORE

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  The Kansas 2019 dove season opens on Sept 1st. Several organizations, including Pheasants Forever, Westar Energy’s Green Team, and the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, take advantage of this mild season by hosting youth hunts on opening weekend. These special events are safe, fun and free, and more often than not, they’re hosted on lands rife with opportunity. Find a hunt near you, and pass on the joys of wingshooting this fall... READ MORE 

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The Maryland  2019 first season dove hunting season opens Sept 2-Oct. 19. Bag limits, season dates, and shooting hours can be found in the 2019-2020 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping. Shooting hours for mourning doves during the first season segment are from noon to sunset.  Hunters are encouraged to report banded migratory game birds online. In addition... READ MORE

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the state’s 2019-2020 migratory game bird hunting seasons. Bag limits, season dates, and shooting hours can be found in the 2019-2020 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping. Teal, September season opens Sept 16-30.  Early resident Canada goose season opens Eastern zone: Sept. 2–14 and Western zone: Sept. 2–25. With all the excellent hunting opportunities Maryland has to offer, we’d like to encourage our sportsmen and women to introduce... READ MORE

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  A Pasadena woman reeled in a new Maryland state record common dolphinfish, also known as mahi mahi. Kristy Frashure was participating in the Poor Girls Fishing Tournament in Ocean City on Aug. 16 when she caught the 74.5-pound fish. Frashure and five other friends were fishing off Poor Man’s Canyon when the record fish struck the line. “It took nearly 20-30 minutes to reel in. It felt like... READ MORE

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Oregon anglers must release copper, quillback, and China rockfish when fishing from a boat, beginning 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 23 as the harvest guideline for these species has been met. Copper, quillback, and China rockfish are the most commonly caught (and relatively easy to identify) members of a group of 11 nearshore rockfish species that are managed together, representing 98 percent of the total catch of that group. Other species in this group including... READ MORE

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  Beginning Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, anglers may keep two Pacific halibut each day in the sport halibut fisheries in the Central Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon Subareas (subareas south of Cape Falcon to the OR/CA Border). Because a substantial amount of the annual quota remains available in these areas, fisheries managers determined that the daily bag limit can be increased to two fish per day. In addition... READ MORE

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Registration for the various hunts on Alabama’s Special Opportunity Areas (SOAs) opened August 19, 2019.  Registration for the SOA deer hunts runs from August 19 to September 13, 2019. Alabama’s SOA program is offered through the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) in an effort to provide hunters with unique hunting opportunities. Other SOA hunt opportunities are... READ MORE

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  Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is present in several neighboring states, but not yet in Arizona. The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is hoping to keep it that way by enacting rules regarding the possession and transportation of elk and deer into Arizona by successful out of state hunters. Hunters from out of state may only bring the following animal parts into Arizona according to the following requirements of Arizona Game and Commission Rule R12-4-305... READ MORE

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Florida 2019 Snook opens Sept 1st statewide & gag grouper recreational season in state waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will also be open for harvest Sept. 1. SNOOK: The recreational harvest season for snook starts Sept. 1 statewide, with the exception of state waters from the Pasco-Hernando county line south to Gordon Pass in Collier County. These waters remain closed to harvest due to... READ MORE

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With antlerless elk hunts taking place in the Salmon Region, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds hunters that they can increase their success and avoid possible conflict by always obtaining landowner permission, knowing the area they intend to hunt and taking extra precautions to properly care for their harvest. Always get permission, scout the area beforehand, and plan for the heat. These are challenging hunts, but... READ MORE

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  The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for the 2019-20 marsh and rice field waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) in Vermilion Parish. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and applications for both hunts must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Sep. 20, 2019. Each application must include a non-refundable $5 administrative fee. The hunts are available on... READ MORE

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking ruffed grouse hunters in northern Minnesota to voluntarily submit samples for a West Nile virus research project that the DNR is conducting. Researchers will test hunter-harvested birds for exposure and active infections of the disease. The adult grouse population has been cycling around a stable 10-year average. Hunters who would like to assist with the project will need to collect blood on filter paper strips within 30 minutes of harvest. They will also be asked to...READ MORE

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  A hailstorm that flattened crops, broke windows and wrecked roofs and vehicles throughout the Montana region Sunday also killed and maimed more than 11,000 waterfowl and wetland birds at the Big Lake Wildlife Management Area west of Molt. Montana biologists who visited the lake this week picked up dead ducks and shorebirds with broken wings, smashed skulls, internal damage and other injuries consistent with... READ MORE

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