TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are recommending new and innovative approaches that would reduce hunter crowding during Utah's 2018 general rifle buck deer hunt. The approaches would also create more flexibility and opportunity for both deer and elk hunters. Almost all of the requests we receive from big game hunters have a common theme: we would like more opportunity to hunt big game. The following are the DWR's major big game hunting recommendations for 2018:... READ MORE 

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  Pheasant hunters can voluntarily report roosters that were banded as part of a study being conducted by the Minnesota DNR.  DNR Farmland Wildlife Populations and Research Group workers captured and banded roosters during a research project. The two study areas involved in the project are the Lamberton Wildlife Management Area complex in Redwood County and... READ MORE

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Minnesota hunters looking forward to higher deer numbers this season Hunters will have additional opportunities to harvest deer this season thanks to a series of mild winters and conservative hunting regulations, which have resulted in rebounding deer populations across Minnesota. Firearms deer season opens Saturday, Nov. 4, and there are 130 permit areas in 2017. Information about each permit area can be found on the DNR’s interactive deer map and includes... READ MORE

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Hunters and wildlife observers in three northern Wisconsin counties - Forest, Vilas and Oneida - are reminded deer baiting and feeding activities are prohibited, Wis. DNR law enforcement officials say. DNR Conservation Warden David Walz of Woodruff says he understands how area residents may be confused in light of recent rule changes. However, in order to protect the state's natural resources - in this case, our white-tail deer population - it is important to... READ MORE

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  Wisconsin fall walleye fishing is typically some of the most productive for ole marble eyes, and this year, anglers are getting a bonus bite thanks to a warm fall thus far, state fish biologists say. There are two bites going on right now, says Steve Gilbert, Department of Natural Resources fisheries supervisor in Woodruff. Good walleye fishing can be found in both shallow and deep transitional areas. Fish are in shallow water hanging out by... READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced that the fall turkey hunting season will open Oct. 28 and continue through Nov. 4 in Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties, with a bag limit of one turkey per hunter. Hunters should be aware of local food sources when looking for fall flocks. Surveys suggest acorn production was spotty in the region this year. Turkeys tend to frequent fields more often and are more... READ MORE

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Call it the thrill of the chill. The weather for the Deer Muzzleloader Season opener Oct 28 looks like it's going to cooperate with thousands of hunters who will venture into Oklahoma’s fields and forests aiming to harvest a deer — or perhaps three. There is some buzz among the hunters, and there’s good reason, said Dallas Barber, big game biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. With a big cold front expected, the deer should be... READ MORE

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  All things considered, this year’s Texas waterfowl hunting season is looking pretty favorable, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The general duck hunting season gets under way the weekend of Oct. 28-29 in the Texas Panhandle (High Plains Mallard Management Unit) and resumes Nov. 3 through Jan. 28, 2018. In the South Zone, duck season runs Nov. 4-26 and resumes Dec. 9 through Jan. 20, 2018. Duck hunting in the North Zone opens... READ MORE

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  The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will conduct its fall public auction of surplus and confiscated items Oct. 30 at department headquarters in Frankfort. Surplus auction items include boats, Yamaha and Evinrude boat motors, four-wheel-drive Chevy, Ford, Jeep and Dodge trucks, office equipment, Polaris and Bombardier ATVs, pond aerators and more. Bidding on surplus items is open to everyone. Confiscated auction items include... READ MORE

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Select Mississippi State Parks offer discounted lodging rates to sportsmen during the hunting season. Many of our parks are conveniently located near Wildlife Management Areas and National Wildlife Refuges providing an affordable hunting camp experience.  Discounted lodging rates will be offered to hunters October 2017 through February 2018. Rates and Participating State Parks are... READ MORE

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The Sprague River near Klamath Falls will close to all fishing beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1 and will reopen April 22, 2018. ODFW is adopting the emergency regulation in order to protect spawning redband trout from the stress and mortality associated with fishing pressure and handling. The redband trout spawning in the Sprague River spend much of their lives in Upper Klamath Lake and move into... READ MORE

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  From 2002 to 2012, South Carolina's deer harvest dropped 32 percent, statistics the owner of 707 Deer Processing is blaming on one culprit - coyotes. They eat about 56 percent of the fawns born every year, Roper Wilkes said. At one point, we had 1.2 million deer in the state of South Carolina and now we're down to about 700,000, so it's close to half, Wilkes said. The coyote population has increased dramatically, Cavender, said. Hunters report about 30,000 coyote kills each year. While the incentive program does not yet show an increase or decrease in the number of coyotes throughout the state, DNR reports the program will... READ MORE

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Tennessee’s archery season is already underway, but with the firearm season just weeks away, this news is awfully daunting. An outbreak of the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) has already effected enough whitetail deer in the area to the point where it will likely take years to restore. WIBR reports Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency information and education officer Mime Barnes, said, the disease has...READ MORE

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  The grizzly bear menacing Tev Kelley and his hunting partner, on the North Fork in Wyoming, did not respond to reason when a warning shot was fired into a nearby log. So Kelley shot it. I thought it was dead, the Cody guide said. Under the extreme pressure of a charge with about two seconds to react, Kelley thought only of survival when he yanked out the .45-caliber handgun he wore on his hip and pulled the trigger. He... READ MORE

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