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  Online videos depicting the practice of using mechanically manipulated decoys while turkey hunting have prompted several inquiries to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources about the legality of using them in Alabama. Under current law, certain forms of turkey decoys are illegal in the state. In addition... READ MORE

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Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall while hunting deer during the youth season, disabled hunter season and both shotgun seasons – rifles that are capable of shooting straight walled cartridges. The new straight wall cartridge law was passed without dissent by the Iowa Legislature, and then signed by Governor Terry Branstad on April 13. It was enacted to allow for a lower recoil option for older and younger hunters, but is available to all hunters in those four seasons.Hunters may only use... READ MORE

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The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved proposed rule changes for the 2017 - 2018 white-tailed deer hunting season. The commission has suspended antlerless opportunity except during Archery Only and Youth Gun Seasons. Hunting Zones and bag limits are as follows... READ MORE

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  The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has set final season dates and bag limits for the 2017-18 waterfowl hunting season. New Hampshire's fall waterfowl season will be similar to last year's for regular ducks and Canada goose. The regular duck season is 60 days, with a bag limit of six birds daily; and the Canada goose season is 70 days, with three birds in the daily bag. One significant change in this year's regulations is... READ MORE

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  The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s spring bighorn sheep survey revealed a minimum of 296 bighorn sheep in western North Dakota, up slightly from last year and 3 percent above the five-year average. Altogether, biologists counted 104 rams, 170 ewes and 22 lambs. Not included are approximately 20 bighorns in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann said the survey revealed both good and bad news after a sheep die-off that... READ MORE

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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has adopted a year-round ban on sturgeon fishing in the Gilbert River as well as additional seasonal angling closures. Under temporary rules that take effect Monday, April 24, the Gilbert River closes to sturgeon fishing, including catch-and-release, year around, and closes to fishing for all species April 24-June 15 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31. Fishery managers intend to make this closure permanent starting in 2018. The closure is primarily a conservation measure designed to... READ MORE

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  According to the World Wildlife Funds Living Planet Report 2016, the worlds collective population of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish has dropped by 58 per cent since 1970. Canada, which the WWF says have actually increased their overall biodiversity, showing a 10 per cent increase in wildlife numbers over the past 40 years. Given that the percentage of Canadas anglers and hunters has ... READ MORE

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At its April 20 meeting in Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved closing Gulf state waters to recreational harvest of greater amberjack for the remainder of 2017, starting April 22. This is consistent with the amberjack closure in Gulf federal waters that went into effect March 24, 2017. Both state and federal waters will reopen... READ MORE

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The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has concluded its 2016-2017 sampling and testing efforts to find chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging Missouri deer. Through the cooperation and support from hunters, private land owners, taxidermists, and others, MDC tested more than 25,500 deer during the past season and found... READ MORE

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  Its officially catfish stocking season in Texas, and thanks to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Neighborhood Fishin program families won’t have to travel outside of the city to catch them. TPWD began stocking thousands of catchable-sized channel catfish in 18 Neighborhood Fishing lakes across the state April 21. The lakes are located in safe, clean parks in fast-growing urban centers in... READ MORE

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If you didn't draw a permit to hunt wild turkeys in April, no problem: you can still get out and have a great turkey hunting experience in Utah this spring. Utah's general statewide turkey hunt starts April 28 for hunters who will be 17 years of age or younger on July 31. On May 1, the hunt opens for hunters of all ages. Permits will be available until the hunt ends on... READ MORE

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