TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  California lobster season has a new start time and opens at 6 a.m. Sept. 30. The big question is: If the hoop wet time is a maximum two hours, can I drop my hoops at 4:15 a.m. Sept. 30, and pull them after the start time of 6 a.m.?  The answer is NO and here is why. Attempting to take lobsters is considered fishing, so if you drop your hoop nets before the season officially opens, you will be fishing out of season. The recreational lobster season officially opens at... READ MORE

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  Indiana hunters have a lot of great options when it comes to hunting whitetail deer on public land. One is STATE PARKS -- Back in the ’90s, Indiana began using reduction hunts to curb the deer populations at the state’s numerous state parks. Overpopulation of deer causes extensive damage to native plants and trees, plus it creates an... READ MORE

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The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted Big Game Regulations when it met in Welches, Ore. There are a few changes including shifts in season dates. The Commission updated language to make it clearer that mechanical and moveable blades are not lawful to use for archery hunting. The big game changes included...READ MORE

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Fall turkey hunting is one of Pennsylvania’s great hunting traditions. Thanks to the highly successful Pennsylvania Game Commission,  trap-and-transfer program, wild turkeys are found throughout the state. And while some areas remain closed to fall hunting, or have short seasons, one does not need to make a lengthy pilgrimage to enjoy good sport. Since the fall harvest in 2016 was relatively light, we had more turkeys coming into the spring 2017 season, said Casalena. Keep in mind that the fall season is ‘additive mortality,’ which means that if the turkeys are not harvested in the fall, they have a very high probability of... READ MORE

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  The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that small game hunting season opens next month. The season for pheasant, cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel, bobwhite quail, red and gray fox opens Saturday, October 21 – Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Season dates were misprinted on page 30 of the 2017-2018 Hunting & Trapping Guide that is available at license vendors; an insert listing the correct dates is being provided to vendors this week. The online Guide includes... READ MORE

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Hunters along the Texas coast looking for access to public lands during the early teal season, which runs through Sunday, Sept. 24, may be in luck. Several Texas Parks and Wildlife Department coastal Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) reopened Sept 16th for public hunting activities.The following WMAs have will be accessible during the Early Teal season as specified in Legal Game Box of the 2017-2018 Map Booklet for Public Hunting Lands... READ MORE

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Utah's general chukar and gray partridge hunts open Sept. 30. Before the hunts opens, DWR biologists will release chukars in some areas in the state. You can see those areas on the web. Chukar partridge numbers have been extremely high in Utah the past two years. This fall, the number of these unique birds — that thrive in some of Utah's harshest terrain — is back to normal.  You can still have a really great hunt, but you will have to...READ MORE

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  The WV City of Martinsburg is moving forward with drafting an urban deer management ordinance that council members will consider during a special meeting Sept. 28. Kin Sayre, the City Councils attorney, presented a draft of an urban deer management ordinance that is a compilation of several deer hunting ordinances adopted by municipalities across West Virginia. He had been given authority to draft an ordinance by... READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is currently accepting bids for the 2017-2018 trapping seasons at several Eastern Shore Wildlife Management Areas – Ellis Bay, Fishing Bay, Idylwild, LeCompte, Linkwood, Nanticoke River, Taylor’s Island and Wetipquin. Bid packages must be picked up in person at the LeCompte Wildlife Management Area in Vienna. Sealed bids must be returned there by noon Oct. 17. The bids will be opened at... READ MORE

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Learn how to increase your odds of harvesting a whitetail buck this fall at a free seminar with Dave Priebe on Wednesday, September 20, at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, N.H.  The talk begins at 7 p.m. No pre-registration is required. Priebe offers deer hunting advice for both new and seasoned hunters. The key to success is to... READ MORE 

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New Hampshire's Youth Waterfowl Hunting Weekend will be held statewide on Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24, 2017. To participate, youth must be age 15 or younger and must be accompanied by a properly licensed adult age 18 or older. The adult may not hunt. The youth is not required to have a hunting license or duck stamp. All regular season waterfowl regulations, including... READ MORE

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  The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has set Saturday, Sept. 23, as a Youth Deer Hunting Day. On this day, youth 17 and younger may use any legal weapon to hunt deer of either sex and are not required to be accompanied by an adult if they have completed a hunter education course. The Youth Deer Hunting Day provisions apply to both private and public lands. Hunters age 18 and older with a valid hunting license may use only the weapon that is... READ MORE

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  After receiving multiple reports of dead, dying or sick deer in the Southern Appalachians, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission said that hunters may see dead deer this hunting season but that the recent outbreak of hemorrhagic disease (HD) in white-tailed deer is cyclic and the population will rebound. Hunters and citizens should report dead or obviously sick looking deer to their local district biologist to help monitor the impact of the disease. HD tends to occur in North Carolina every year, although with... READ MORE

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