TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

Spring turkey season is about to kick off and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism knows the last thing you want to worry about is where you’ll be able to hunt this year. You don’t need to resort to begging, or even paying - KDWPT has nearly 275,000 acres open to the public for spring turkey hunting this year, and access is offered free of charge. It’s all at ... READ MORE

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  The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer a free workshop on the basics of fly tying, 1 – 5 p.m., April 1, at the MDC Northeast Regional Office, 3500 South Baltimore Road in Kirksville. Seating is limited for this workshop and participants must preregister by March 31. MDC invites anyone age 12 and older to register for this free clinic that will cover how to tie three basic flies using... READ MORE 

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Beginning April 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer Missouri hunters, anglers, and trappers its new Permit Card as an additional way of carrying and showing proof of most related permits. The new plastic cards are another option to MDC’s paper and electronic permits. As new permits are purchased and old ones expire, the updated information is automatically accessible through the one-time-purchase cards. In addition... READ MORE

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  The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that owners of riparian, or waterfront, property can renew or apply for offshore blind and shoreline licensing by June 1, 2017. Anyone who owns or has an owners’ permission to use riparian property may license their shorelines to establish stationary blinds or blind sites for hunting waterfowl, or to prevent others from licensing the shoreline at a later date. Riparian property owners may... READ MORE

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Oregon Fisheries managers have announced that the popular spring Chinook fishery on the Deschutes River will not open in 2017. The spring Chinook fishery on the Deschutes is closed under permanent rule but opens in years with strong forecasted returns. But according to Rod French, district fish biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, managers are predicting a very poor return of both hatchery and wild fish this season. In addition... READ MORE

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  Public hearings in March will provide the public with an opportunity to offer feedback on the proposed Wisconsin fall waterfowl hunting season structure. The public input process for establishing the 2017 waterfowl hunting seasons is slightly different from previous years due to a decision by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to set season structures using data from the prior year. Proposed Early Migratory Bird Seasons are... READ MORE

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  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding hunters that nonlead ammunition is now required statewide when hunting wild turkeys with a shotgun. The upcoming 2017 spring wild turkey season will be the first hunting season with significant participation for which nonlead shot will be required statewide. These regulations apply both to public and private lands (except for licensed game bird clubs), including all... READ MORE 

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This spring, there are many that allow hunting during the Youth Turkey Hunt Weekend and also during the regular spring turkey season. Florida is the only state with Osceola wild turkeys, and hunters can pursue that subspecies as well as eastern wild turkeys. Youth hunters can take part in the two-day youth spring turkey hunt, which occurs on private lands and on 79 WMAs the weekend prior to the opening of spring turkey season. The following WMAs don’t require a quota to hunt some or all of the spring turkey season... READ MORE

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is gearing up for the 70th annual Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival in New Orleans City Park on Saturday, March 25. With a fishing category for every age and a family friendly fishtival, there’s sure to be something for everyone.  This year’s event will again include the Battle for the Bass student fishing tournament and Boats on the Bayou non-motorized tournament on Bayou St. John.  The Big Bass Rodeo is a catch-and-release fishing tournament for anglers targeting... READ MORE

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  A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled to lift protections that kept gray wolves an endangered species in Wyoming for years after federal officials removed packs in neighboring states from that list. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia does not take effect immediately, however. Environmental groups that want to keep the protections in place will have a chance to appeal. This decision from the three judge panel states... READ MORE

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  New regulations to increase hunting opportunity and harvest of Nelchina caribou were adopted by the Alaska Board of Game recently in response to an emergency petition filed by the Department of Fish and Game. The regulations are intended to keep the herd within management objectives and provide additional harvest opportunity. Currently the Nelchina caribou herd exceeds sustainable population objectives established by the department. The emergency regulations, which went into effect February 24, increase the bag limit for... READ MORE

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On March 1, 2017, the Hunter Education Program launched a new website designed to improve the overall registration and certification experience for Hunter Education students and graduates — and for just about anyone interested in hunting in Hawaii. On the new, user-friendly website, gohunthawaii.ehawaii.gov, hunters will be able to manage their hunting profile, view their class history, request and print replacement certifications, and... READ MORE

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  Fire burned 22,000 acres of winter range on the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area in eastern Idaho in 2016. To support elk and deer, and prevent private property damage, Idaho Fish and Game set in motion the largest winter feeding operation in Idaho’s history. In recent years, an estimated 4,000 elk and 2,500 deer migrate to winter range on the Tex Creek WMA, where they... READ MORE

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Fish are moving upstream to the upper tributaries. Big fish, lots of bank access, beautiful weather. Well, two of three ain’t bad, and you might get all three during Idaho spring steelhead season. Steelhead make their final push to the headwaters of Idaho’s famous steelhead streams during spring, which concentrates them in the upper tributaries of the Clearwater and Salmon rivers. Anglers key in on... READ MORE

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