TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  On Saturday, Nov. 4, Florida’s Zone C general gun deer season begins. Zone C is Florida’s largest hunting zone, encompassing the central and northern part of the state. The general gun deer season runs Nov. 4 – Jan. 21, giving private land hunters the chance to carve out time from their busy schedules to go afield. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has developed online resources to make it easier for mentors and new hunters to get started deer hunting, including a list of wildlife management areas that allow public land hunting without a quota permit. In addition.. READ MORE

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Anticipating up to 20,000 users each year, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) re-opened the Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area Oct 27, giving boaters and anglers great access to a celebrated fishing location. The area, closed since fall 2012 due to a problem with a compromised lake bed, now has returned within three feet of full pool, and the re-stocked fish populations are responding well to the environment. In anticipation of the opening, WRD... READ MORE

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that remaining Deer Management Permits (DMPs) in several Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) will be available to hunters beginning Nov. 1. Deer Management Permits allow hunters to harvest antlerless deer and are issued for specific WMUs to control deer populations. In some WMUs, all applicants received permits during the initial application process and the DMP target has not been reached. In these units, DEC will re-open the DMP application process on a first-come, first-served basis. Hunters may apply for... READ MORE

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  Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s traditionally popular 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, November 11 and ends Sunday, November 26. A hunter may take one buck during this season with at least one antler having two or more points one inch or longer. A point must be one inch or longer from base to tip. The main beam counts as a point, regardless of length. Spike-antlered deer, mostly yearlings, are... READ MORE

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  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering waterfowl hunting opportunities at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve (ELER) in Hayward during the 2017-18 season. The reserve includes former commercial salt ponds now managed by CDFW as low-salinity water bird habitat and areas restored to full tidal action. Access to ELER for waterfowl hunting will be open for 100 hunters on a first-come, first-served basis for each hunt only on the dates listed below. There is no fee for these hunts. 2017 Hunt Dates (Check-in at 5 a.m. on each of the following dates) are as follows... READ MORE

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  The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) will conduct a public auction to sell surplus bison at the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, beginning at 11 a.m. The auction is open to the public, and lunch and concessions will be available. Those interested in bidding are encouraged to arrive early to receive a bidder number. The Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, 6 miles north of Canton in McPherson County, is managed to preserve the area’s prairie heritage and herds of bison and elk are maintained, both native to Kansas grasslands. The primary public use on the 2,500-acre refuge is wildlife viewing. The habitat can support only a certain number of animals, so each fall, surplus bison are sold at a public auction. This year... READ MORE

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Unpredictable weather conditions in Mountain Maryland didn’t hamper hunters from enjoying time afield this week during the state’s 2017 Black Bear Hunting Season. Preliminary results of the 14th annual hunt reveal that 128 hunters successfully harvested a bruin over the four-day hunt in western Maryland despite battling heavy rains, reduced daylight and dropping temperatures. For just the second year, hunters were allowed to harvest bears in... READ MORE

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A late-season antlerless only deer hunt proposed for three southeastern Minnesota permit areas with deer populations significantly above goal levels will not be conducted in January 2018. The DNR had proposed that the hunt be conducted from Saturday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 14, in deer permit areas 346, 348 and 349. This special hunt would have... READ MORE

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  The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is stocking more than 75,000 rainbow trout plus 193 lunkers in 32 urban-area lakes around the state for winter trout fishing beginning in early November. Many of these areas allow anglers to harvest trout as soon as they are stocked, while other areas are catch-and-release until Feb. 1. The daily limit for catch-and-keep at these locations is... READ MORE

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Weather was a mixed bag for this weekend’s opening of the general big game season in Region 7 - warm at times, rainy at others and windy throughout - but hunters had no problem finding deer in good numbers. Despite the warm, windy conditions, hunters did quite well,” said Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 7 Wildlife Biologist Steve Atwood, who helped man the check station at Custer. As is typical for opening weekend, some hunters fulfilled their goals of putting meat in the freezer, while others chose to... READ MORE

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The Texas commercial and recreational oyster seasons open at sunrise on Nov. 1, 2017 and close at 3:30 p.m. on April 30, 2018. This year’s oyster season also comes with new rules adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in August. The new rules affect both the recreational and commercial harvest of oysters. New rules reduce the... READ MORE

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