TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  Oregon upland bird hunters have a chance to weigh in on possible changes to upland bird hunting seasons as ODFW is considering the framework for 2020-2025 seasons. Some staff proposals being considered are: Open mountain quail season statewide with a 10-bird bag in western Oregon and a 2-bird bag limit in eastern Oregon.  Eastern Oregon upland bird seasons (chukar, pheasant, mountain quail) opening changed from... READ MORE

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The Wisconsin bear application period for the 2021 bear hunting season is delayed due to legislative review. The application period which normally opens in March will open shortly after the legislative review process is complete at a date to be determined. The 2021 bear application deadline remains Dec. 10, 2020. Applicants are reminded to be aware of the new bear management zone boundaries as... READ MORE

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   March 1 marks the annual opening of catch-and-keep trout fishing in Missouri at the state’s four trout parks: Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon, Montauk State Park near Licking, Roaring River State Park near Cassville, and Maramec Spring Park near St. James. The catch-and-keep season at the trout parks runs through Oct. 31. New this year, MDC is conducting a pilot program at Maramec Spring Park where the daily limit has been raised from... READ MORE

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   North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opens Feb. 22 for residents and non-residents and continues through May 10. Residents must have a valid current season 2019-20 (valid through March 31) or 2020-21 (required April 1) combination license; or a small game, and general game and habitat license. Resident youth under age 16 only need the general game and habitat license. Nonresidents need... READ MORE

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Oklahoma’s deer gun hunting season will not be lengthened but instead will remain 16 days long following the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission’s approval of administrative rules during its regular meeting last week. Among the Title 800 administrative rule changes that were approved include; 1.) increase antlerless deer bag limits for gun and muzzleloader deer seasons within... READ MORE

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   The directors of the Washington and Oregon departments of Fish and Wildlife recently reached an agreement this week on allocations and gear types for Columbia River salmon fisheries in 2020. Under the 2020 plan, 75 percent of the spring Chinook would be allocated to recreational anglers – a 5 percent increase from the allocation outlined in Washington’s Columbia River policy – with the other 25 percent allocated to... READ MORE

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A continued decline in hunting and angling has Commissioners and staff at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission concerned that the funding for natural resource management is in jeopardy. In the last five years, Arkansas fishing/hunting license sales have declined. The decline has much more far-reaching effects than dollars lost through license sales. The current North American model of wildlife management depends upon hunters and anglers to provide... READ MORE 

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   The CDFW is offering nearly 100 special hunts on both public and private land for the upcoming spring wild turkey season, which opens statewide March 28 and extends through May 3. Young hunters have additional opportunities to bag a tom turkey. California’s archery-only spring turkey season runs from May 4-17. CDFW’s SHARE Program, is offering drawings for spring turkey hunts on two private ranches. The application deadline for all these hunts is as follows... READ MORE

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  Now, after more than 20 years of study, frustration, experimentation and dogged persistence by CPW’s aquatic researchers, whirling-disease resistant rainbows are now thriving in the wild. The agency is collecting their spawn, enabling hatcheries to propagate millions of fish that will be distributed to rivers and streams throughout the state. Thanks to advance genetic testing, we know these fish are maintaining their resistance to whirling disease. Now they are surviving, reproducing and... READ MORE

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  All known feral swine have been eliminated from Colorado thanks to a near 15-year state and federal partnership.  The partnership formed in the early 2000s as a task force to manage invasive feral swine, which root up crops and pastures causing billions in damage nationwide each year. Feral swine also spread disease to livestock, wildlife and humans. The eradication of feral swine will help protect and benefit Colorado’s agricultural crops and livestock as well as... READ MORE 

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With Delaware’s 2019/20 deer hunting seasons having ended earlier this month, hunters are reminded to remove their portable deer stands from state wildlife areas by Saturday, Feb. 15. Any stands found on wildlife areas after that date will become the property of the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife. Hunters may temporarily set up portable stands starting Aug. 1 each year and must... READ MORE

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  Maryland 2020 spring trophy striped bass season will be delayed until May 1. Limits are one fish per person at a 35-inch minimum. These rules will be in effect until May 16. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced new striped bass conservation measures for the Spring 2020 fishing season to meet a coast-wide conservation target... READ MORE

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  These are days – some states even offer free fishing weekends – where anglers can go fishing without a license. Free fishing days are a perfect opportunity for beginners to try out fishing for the first time. If you already have a fishing license, consider taking a friend or family member who has never been fishing, out on the water for the day. National Fishing and Boating Week -- June 6-14th . Check out the next free fishing days in your state... READ MORE

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   Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in wild deer from Woodbury, Winneshiek, Fayette and Decatur counties this year, bringing the total number of counties in Iowa where wild deer have tested positive to eight. The DNR will schedule meetings in these areas in the next few months to discuss chronic wasting disease, our response and the role hunters play in helping us to... READ MORE

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