TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

New Jersey’s great outdoor locales and activities will be featured Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11 during the Department of Environmental Protection’s Seventh Annual WILD Outdoor Expo at the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Jackson Township. The Expo will highlight... READ MORE

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Overall, big game population numbers are mostly stable in Oregon. Conditions for big game and hunters are looking much better than they were a year ago, when all of Oregon was in severe drought and 50 percent in the even worse category of “extreme drought.” Wildlife biologists are now crossing their fingers for more rains in September. These early fall rains green up forage and help big game put on weight, so animals head into breeding season in good body condition and fit to reproduce... READ MORE

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This year could be a good one for Oregon upland bird hunting with counts at their highest in 10 years for chukar. North American duck populations are also looking good and still nearly 40 percent above their long-term average. Oregon just needs weather and habitat conditions to cooperate for another good waterfowl season... READ MORE

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The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center(TFFC) is offering visitors on Sept. 24 opportunities to learn about a wide range of outdoor skills and participate in family fun events during its annual Outdoor Expo and Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament. The expo will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlighting the event is the Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament, held on the TFFC’s free fishing ponds. Visitors may sign up for the tournament in... READ MORE

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   The Grand Slam Club was founded exactly 60 years ago by Bob Housholder, and it’s an organization of hunter/conservationists dedicated to improving and perpetuating wild sheep and goat populations worldwide, as well as North American big game. Recently on the organization’s Facebook page, GSCO shared video of an amazing close-range encounter featuring George Lawrence III as he completed his Grand Slam of sheep (Dall’s sheep, Stone’s sheep, desert bighorn, Rocky Mountain bighorn) with a handgun!... SEE VIDEO

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The Arizona Game and Fish Department has posted the “2017 Spring Turkey, Javelina, Bison and Bear Hunt Draw Information” online. The department now is accepting paper applications for 2017 spring hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for spring turkey, javelina, bison and bear. The online application service is expected to be available in early to mid-September. The deadline for all spring hunt permit-tag applications is... READ MORE

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Archers will get the first opportunity at bringing home a deer beginning Saturday, Sept. 10, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. Last year, 132,641 archery hunters harvested more than 66,039 deer. Statewide, hunters can use archery equipment throughout the entire 2016-2017 deer season (ending Jan. 8, 2017).  In addition... READ MORE

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  How To Stay Alive if Lost, Hurt or Stranded - The following scenarios and others like them play out over three thousand times per year in the United States. Folks heading outdoors in search of adventure don't plan on getting lost or hurt in the wilderness. It can happen to the best of us, and when it does, people underestimate the challenges of the wilderness and overestimate their own ability... READ MORE

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Hunters may apply for the third lottery for 2016 Fall Wild Turkey Shotgun permits through Sept. 19.  The dates for the Fall Wild Turkey Shotgun season are Oct. 22-30. Hunters can apply online now for 2016-17 Illinois controlled pheasant hunting opportunities available at 18 IDNR sites.  Fourteen of the sites are operated by the IDNR, while four other sites are managed by concessionaire T. Miller, Inc. In addition... READ MORE

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Illinois Late-Winter Antlerless-only Deer Hunting Season will be open in 24 counties, while the state’s Special CWD Deer Hunting Season will be open in 14 counties for 2016-17, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) recently announced. The Late-Winter season provides additional hunting opportunities in counties with surplus deer, while the Special CWD season allows hunters to help combat the spread of chronic wasting disease in Illinois’ white-tailed deer herd. In addition... READ MORE 

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Resident Archery Deer Permits, Non-Resident Archery Deer Permits are available over-the-counter (OTC) from DNR Direct license and permit vendors. Illinois Firearm Deer permits and Muzzleloader-only Deer permits remaining after this year’s lottery drawings will be available over-the-counter (OTC) from DNR Direct license and permit vendors beginning Oct. 18... READ MORE

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Archery hunting for white-tailed deer and sika deer opens statewide Sept. 9, and continues through Jan. 31, 2017. The bag limit for white-tailed bucks is one per weapon season. Maryland hunters in Region B have the option to take one additional bonus buck after purchasing a Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp and taking two antlerless deer. The antlerless deer bag limits differ between regions... READ MORE

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  Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as lottery this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license and apply for an antlerless permit by Thursday, Sept. 8. This season, antlerless deer permits are issued by lottery in 67 of Minnesota’s 128 deer permit areas. The lottery is... READ MORE

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Minnesota Youth ages 15 and younger can go waterfowl hunting this Saturday, Sept. 10, on Youth Waterfowl Day, when accompanied by an adult who is not hunting. During Youth Waterfowl Day, hunters ages 15 and younger may take regular season bag limits of ducks, and five Canada geese statewide, when accompanied by an adult 18 or older who is not hunting. The accompanying adult does not need a license. In addition... READ MORE

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