TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

The US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it has made a positive enhancement finding for import of elephant hunting trophies from both Zimbabwe and Zambia for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The announcement was made in Arusha, Tanzania, during the African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) by FWS Deputy Director Greg Sheehan and Chief of Permits of DMA Tim Van Norman. The decision on Zimbabwe elephant before 2016 still awaits legal resolution. The permits for Zimbabwe require... READ MORE

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West Virginia’s traditional buck firearms season will start Monday, Nov. 20, and run through Dec. 2. Hunters should see plenty of deer this year due to the season opening close to the “rut,” or, mating season. November firearms deer season traditionally opens the Monday before Thanksgiving, so the season can start as early as Nov. 19 and as late as Nov. 25. The timing of firearms season is a balance between hunting part of the “rut” while still allowing for... READ MORE

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  The Burbot bite is on at Fontenelle Reservoir and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Green River Region, has already received the first burbot tagged with a pink 2018 Burbot Raffle tag. The popular Fontenelle Burbot Raffle is back thanks to the Upper Bear River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. The group is sponsoring the 2018 Burbot Raffle on Fontenelle Reservoir, with a $1,000 grand prize!  The rules are simple... READ MORE

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Massachusetts 2017-18 Deer Shotgun Season Opens Nov 27 and runs through Dec. 9. Hunting is prohibited on Sundays. Hunters are reminded to keep Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from spreading to Massachusetts, it is illegal to import deer parts (from any deer species) from states or provinces where CWD has been detected. This includes... READ MORE

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  The Oklahoma 2017 deer gun hunting season will open a half-hour before official sunrise this Saturday, Nov. 18. Based on field reports from each region of the state, the deer population is in good shape and the rutting period has started in many areas. Dallas Barber, big-game biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said deer gun hunters have plenty to look forward to beginning this weekend. I have been getting lots of reports of chasing and even breeding in some areas, he said. It’s looking to be mild weather, which could... READ MORE

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The Tennessee 2017-18 gun hunting season for deer opens Saturday, Nov. 18. Deer gun season has the traditional opening date of the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. During gun season, sportsmen may also use muzzleloader or archery equipment. The season will continue through Jan. 7, 2018 and the second Young Sportsman Hunt is Jan. 13-14. Anyone born on or after January 1, 1969 is required to carry proof of... READ  MORE

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  Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost had a terrifying experience in the woods just recently, when he was fixing a deer stand on his property in Georgia and fell from the tree. Yost shattered his pelvis and broke some ribs in the fall, but the doctors apparently told Yost he’s lucky to be alive. Yost has credited his survival to having immediate access to... READ MORE

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today that it is continuing the Canada goose hunt on Deep Creek Lake and waterfowl hunt at Broadford Lake. Canada goose and waterfowl hunting is by permit and reservation only during select days of the season (Nov. 20-22). Interested hunters can apply for a permit online. Hunters can apply to hunt one of three blind sites on... READ MORE

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that there’s still time to enter the Consumers Energy-sponsored Wetland Wonders Challenge this waterfowl season. The contest began Oct. 14 and runs until Feb. 15, 2018. Michigan's Wetland Wonders include the seven premier managed waterfowl hunt areas in the state at... READ MORE

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  The 2017 Custer State Park Fall Classic Bison Auction will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the park’s visitor center where approximately 272 head will be available for sale. This year’s offerings include 26 mature bred cows, 41 mature open cows, four two-year-old bred heifers, 14 open two-year-old heifers, nine yearling heifers, 10 heifer calves and... READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today that hunters harvested more deer during the early hunting season compared with last year. Maryland hunters wrapped up the early portion of the archery and muzzleloader seasons by harvesting an estimated 22,199 deer in September and October, an 11 percent increase from last year’s official harvest of 19,923. The two-month harvest included... READ MORE

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Minnesota firearms hunters registered 70,724 deer during the first two days of deer season, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Preliminary numbers from opening weekend show that the number of deer registered was essentially the same as from 2016. Of the deer harvested, 57 percent were bucks, compared to 67 percent of the first weekend harvest of 2016.  In Zone 1... READ MORE

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  After spending millions of dollars and tracking hundreds of moose with GPS collars, scientists have pinpointed the primary culprit behind the animal’s ever-shrinking numbers in Minnesota. It’s the deer. Parasites they carry into Minnesota’s North Woods have emerged as the leading cause of death for moose, state and tribal biologists have concluded. But solving that mystery creates... READ MORE

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The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that the 2017-18 small game seasons for pheasant, chukar and Hungarian partridge, bobwhite quail, ruffed grouse (south of Route 70) and woodcock (south of Route 70) opened Saturday, November 11. Small game seasons for several other species have already opened. Hunters are reminded that quail hunting is limited to commercial and semi-wild shooting preserves and the Peaslee and Greenwood Forest WMAs, as the wild quail hunting season remains closed. Hunters should review... READ MORE

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Due to expanding growth in the deer population, the Suffolk County Department of Parks has expanded its archery hunting programs to five new East End areas, with an additional 2,250 acres for permit holders. The three parks added are Edward V. Ecker Sr. County Park in Montauk, Northwest Creek County Park in East Hampton, and Inlet Pond County Park in Greenport. In addition, both Buckskill County Park in East Hampton and... READ MORE

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