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With the benefit of expanded spring turkey hunting opportunities in their favor, an estimated 42,000 hunters will take to Minnesota’s fields and forests between Wednesday, April 13, and the end of May, aiming to bag a wild turkey. Under the new regulations, turkey hunting time periods will be longer, all will include weekends, and more time periods will be available to each hunter. The season includes five one-week time periods followed by... READ MORE

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   Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses are being accepted now through Friday, May 6.  A total of 3,850 licenses are available in 13 permit areas. Bear licenses cost $44 for residents and $230 for nonresidents, and there is a $5 application fee. The season is open from Thursday, Sept. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 16. The deadline to purchase licenses awarded by lottery will be Monday, Aug. 1... READ MORE

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The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks throughout the state during the hunting and fishing seasons to collect harvest data and to detect wildlife law violations. The 2016-17 fishing season began April 1. Youth turkey hunting season began April 8 and the general season begins April 15. For more information, please consult the department’s fishing or hunting Rules & Information booklets.  At roadblocks, conservation officers also will check for... READ MORE 

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Springtime marks the beginning of a new April 1-March 31 license year for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish each season – always a good time to bring hunters and anglers up to date on any rule changes. This year, some of those changes are significant and pertain to Military discounts, bow fishing, bear and cougar pelt tagging, cougar trapping and watercraft... READ MORE 

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Spring steelhead anglers can fish the Grande Ronde, Wallowa, and Imnaha Rivers including Big Sheep Creek through April 30 due to 2016 regulation changes that went into effect Jan. 1. The old closure date was April 15. The extension was a result of ODFW’s regulation simplification process last year. Through public input, ODFW learned that local anglers thought steelhead fishing was cut short in some years despite great catch rates in mid-April. The suggestions from anglers led to changes in the regulations, resulting in increased fishing opportunities, said Jeff Yanke, district fish biologist in Enterprise. Anglers should note that... READ MORE

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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host the 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop June 3-5 in Crossville at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center. The relaxed atmosphere of the BOW workshop is primarily aimed at women, and is an opportunity for those 18 or older to learn outdoor skills usually associated with hunting and fishing. However, the workshop provides useful for other outdoor pursuits and interests. Workshop participants will have a chance to take a variety of courses over the three days and the classes are taught by experts in their respective fields. There will be special programs in the evenings... READ MORE

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   The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a way to have an angling adventure and support our native trout legacy. For just $20, you can register to embark on the challenge. Money raised will be used to help fund native cutthroat trout conservation projects across the state. Can you catch and release each of the four Utah cutthroat trout subspecies in their native waters? Cutthroat trout are beautiful, live in pristine environments and are the only trout native to Utah and much of the Rocky Mountain region. Help Trout Unlimited and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources protect this natural treasure... READ MORE

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Changes appear to be coming to the state’s dog deer hunting regulations. At its March 26 meeting in Pelham, the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board (CAB) recommended regulation changes designed to address various dog deer hunting related conflicts. If approved, the new regulations will go into effect this fall. Recommended changes for the 2016-17 season for dog deer hunting in areas under the dog deer permit system include:.. READ MORE

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   Canada fall 2016 British Columbia LEH draw opens for submissions April 25. Effective April 25, Hunters can apply online, or at Service BC, FrontCounter BC, or participating licence vendors. Until then... READ MORE

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   A group of hunters in Florida may have harvested one of the largest alligators in state history. According to CNN, the massive reptile was taken in Okeechobee by a group of hunters consisting of Lee Lightsey, his son, a professional guide, and two visitors. Lightsey is the owner of Outwest Farms, an outfitter that focuses on boars and alligators. They later weighed the animal to be around 780 pounds and just short of 15 feet... READ MORE

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   Morel hunting is a passion of David Farbman from Outdoor Hub. Over the years, it has become a tradition for him and his boys to head out in the hopes of bringing home a feast. Morel hunting is for the hopeful, but here are a few tips from David that can help you when you head out to find these (sometimes) elusive prey... READ MORE

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   A paddlefish tag is required to participate in North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season, which opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of May. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays; therefore, the first two days of the 2016 snagging season will be snag-and-release only. Mandatory harvest of all.. READ MORE

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The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners recently set hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for the 2016-17 license year, which begins July 1. The commissioners also set the number of antlerless deer licenses to be allocated, as well as the number of elk licenses to be allocated for the coming license year. The board voted to allocate 748,000 antlerless deer licenses statewide... READ MORE

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The Pennsylvania statewide spring gobbler season opens April 30 - May 31. Daily limit 1, season limit 2. (Second spring gobbler may be only taken by persons who possess a valid special wild turkey license.) Certainly there are small rises and dips. This year should be one of the better seasons in recent years. This can translate to an increase in 2-year-old gobblers available to hunters this spring. Gobblers of this age make up... READ MORE

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