TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a 152,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast, most of which are open to hunting. There are more than 150 miles of old logging roads that provide hunting access, some for vehicles and some on foot. White-tailed deer is the primary species hunted. The use of chase dogs is permitted. About half the refuge is open to this type of hunting. In addition...READ MORE

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  The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has issued a burning ban on the 33,000-acre Jocassee Gorges area in northern Pickens and Oconee counties due to extremely dry conditions. Burning, including campfires, will not be allowed on any Jocassee Gorges lands until further notice. Firefighters from the S.C. Forestry Commission, area volunteer fire departments and the Clemson Experimental Forest were dealing Wednesday with a wildfire on... READ MORE

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The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) announced that it has purchased 1,965 acres in Sussex County, Virginia, adjoining the existing Big Woods Wildlife Management Area and Big Woods State Forest. The area is predominantly upland loblolly pine forests and mature forest swamps. The habitat supports a wide range of wildlife species including white-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, bobwhite quail, brown-headed nuthatch, red-headed and pileated woodpeckers, summer tanager, and a variety of warblers. In addition... READ MORE

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West Virginia deer hunters are reminded that a concurrent bear season without dogs will occur from Nov. 21 through Dec. 3, 2016, in 33 counties. Seventeen counties in the eastern mountains will be open to concurrent deer and bear hunting on private and public land. Hunters in those counties are required to have applied for and received a limited bear firearms season permit to participate, or be a resident landowner hunting on their own property. The counties open to limited bear hunting on private and public land during the buck-gun season include... READ MORE

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  To prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease, West Virginia hunters must take all deer harvested on Nov. 21-22, 2016 in Hampshire and Hardy counties to a sampling station for testing. Hunters must also check their deer via phone, on the internet or with an official license agent. This is the first year for mandatory disease testing. Testing was voluntary in previous years. In addition... READ MORE

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  Applications will be accepted Nov. 15 through Nov. 30 for Kentucky’s 2016-17 sandhill crane hunting season. Applications are only accepted online at the website of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will issue 400 permits to hunters this year through a randomized computer drawing. Applicants drawn for a hunt must pass an online sandhill crane identification test before they can receive a permit. Applicants must have... READ MORE

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Approximately 1,200 salmon, reared to an average length of 13 inches, were recently stocked in three New Jersery state park lakes. The fish were held in two 2,000 gallon tanks at the Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery since their delivery in April. With water temperatures hovering around the 50-degree mark, Hackettstown staff stocked the salmon, ranging from 12-15 inches and a pound each, as follows... READ MORE

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  The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that the 2016-17 small game seasons for pheasant, chukar and Hungarian partridge, bobwhite quail, ruffed grouse (south of Route 70) and woodcock (south of Route 70) opened on Saturday, November 12. Small game seasons for several other species have opened also. Hunters are reminded that quail hunting is limited to commercial and semi-wild shooting preserves and the Peaslee and Greenwood Forest WMAs, as the wild quail hunting season remains closed. Hunters should review current regulations, season dates and... READ MORE

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  If you like catching burbot and a chance to win $1000 dollars, the Upper Bear River Trout Unlimited Chapter (UBRTU) has got a deal for you. UBRTU is sponsoring a burbot raffle on Fontenelle Reservoir with one grand prize of $1000 dollars.  To be in the drawing for the grand prize anglers need to catch one or more of the 25 burbot wearing a yellow 2017 Burbot Raffle Floy Tag -- the tag is the anglers ticket for entering the drawing... READ MORE

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  As we express our gratitude to the brave men and women who serve our country, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them (By: John Fitzgerald Kennedy).   Backcountry Press hopes everyone has a great holiday. News will resume Monday November 14th. 

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Upland game hunters statewide are gearing up for the opportunity to bag their Thanksgiving dinner, as California’s 2016 general fall wild turkey hunting season opens statewide on Saturday, Nov. 12. The season extends through Sunday, Dec. 11, with a bag limit of one turkey (either sex) per day and no more than two per season. Turkey populations are doing very well in many areas of the state despite recent drought years, said Scott Gardner, manager of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Upland Game Program. In addition... READ MORE

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