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  Flames tore through the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Tourists and residents scrambled Monday night and early Tuesday to outrun the blaze, which was pushed from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park into... READ MORE 

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  Hunters who have not yet filled their 2016 Wyoming elk license still have an opportunity to hunt elk on the National Elk Refuge (Hunt Area 77). The computerized drawing for a refuge hunt permit is available to hunters with any unused 2016 Wyoming elk license, except archery only (type 9) licenses. Three hunt periods remain open through the end of the season, which is scheduled to conclude on December 16. The application process for National Elk Refuge elk hunting permits is conducted through... READ MORE

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  The early Alaska winter has been quite benign. Paxson and Delta Junction have seen a few days below zero, but the lower temperatures have only held a few days. Ice on Delta-area ponds is 8 or 10 inches. Lake ice in Delta is generally safe earlier than ice in many places, especially on lakes stocked by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The stocked Delta lakes have no inlets or outlets and rarely have springs near the shoreline. In addition... READ MORE

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A roughly 120-mile portion of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in northern California that was scheduled to open Dec. 1 will remain closed at the recommendation of state health agencies, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced. But the fishery will open Dec. 1 north of Humboldt Bay to the Oregon state line and remains open from Point Reyes southward. In addition... READ MORE

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting a Women’s Saltwater Fishing Clinic in St. Augustine on Dec. 3. The free, day-long clinic is from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Anastasia State Park, 1340-A A1A South, St. Augustine. Advance registration is required. To registe.They will learn the basics of conservation stewardship, fishing ethics, angling skills, safety and... READ MORE

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  A hunter in Pennsylvania shot a black bear this fall that could be a new state record. The bear was shot November 18, by Dustin Learn. He apparently spotted the bear while it was sleeping one morning and then put on the stalk. He crept up to the bruin at a snails pace, thinking he might be dealing with a 250-pound bear. Learn got as close as 7 yards then.... READ MORE

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Twenty-eight new cases of CWD have been identified from voluntary sampling stations run by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission during opening weekend of modern gun season, Nov. 12-13. The samples were collected from 25 sampling sites in the CWD Management Zone in north Arkansas. The AGFC conducted voluntary sampling sites in 25 locations within the 10-county CWD Management Zone, and the following counties had deer test positive for CWD... READ MORE

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Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 54,452 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 18-20.  Hunters took 57,870 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2015. Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude on Dec. 1-4.  Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include... READ MORE

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  Youth interested in participating in the annual Central Illinois Youth Goose Hunt, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), can register now for the hunt, which is scheduled for January 15-16, 2017.  A lottery drawing involving all youth who phone in to register will be conducted on January 3, 2017, and youth hunters selected will be notified by mail.  To register for a drawing to participate in the hunt, youth hunters must... READ MORE

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While the opening weekend of pheasant season is a highly-anticipated tradition, it may not provide the best hunting of the year. Hunting can actually be better later when winter weather arrives and fewer hunters are in the field. The big groups of hunters are usually gone after the second weekend of the season, leaving only dedicated bird hunters, who have Walk-in Hunting Access tracts and other public lands to themselves. And... READ MORE

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will hold a public auction of surplus equipment Saturday, Dec. 3, at 9:30 a.m. in Grand Rapids at the DNR northeast regional office, 1201 East Highway 2, Grand Rapids. More than 100 items will be sold including automobiles, trucks, ATVs, snowmobiles, tractors, boat packages, outboard motors, boats, trailers, tractor implements and ... READ MORE

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The Mississippi River Harvest Zone, which is the first area open during the 2016 - 2017 Mississippi Paddlefish egg harvest season, opens on November 20, 2016 and closes December 31, 2016.  This zone includes all of the public waters between the main line levees of the Mississippi River along the Mississippi-Arkansas border. From January 1 to February 28, 2017, the... READ MORE 

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  Those ready for a challenging hunt may want to dust off a shotgun and head to southeastern New Mexico in search of quail. Quail season runs from Nov. 15, 2016 to Feb. 15, 2017. There is a total bag limit of 15 per day and 30 in possession, except for Montezuma quail, which is five per day and 10 in possession. In addition...READ MORE

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