TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

   Hunting prospects look promising for the 2016 spring turkey season in West Virginia, which runs April 18 through May 24, with a special one-day youth season April 16.

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   Silvery flashes deep beneath Green Bay’s ice signaled that Patrick Durkin (Outdoor Hub) might soon get his first look at a resurrected fish species that walked the plank to regional extinction more than 100 years ago. I figured I had about 25 feet of line between me and the hooked whitefish, and knew better than to relax or force the issue. Whitefish have a soft mouth, so if you give them slack, they quickly shake the hook. And if you pull too hard or reel too fast, you rip out the hook. The best retrieve requires slow reeling and steady pressure... READ MORE

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   Wyoming Land officials plan to remove hundreds of wild horses from areas of three southern Wyoming herd management areas this fall. The Bureau of Land Management will take a total of 500 wild horses off of alternating public and private land in the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town Herd Management Areas... READ MORE.

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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has received 27 more positive cases of chronic wasting disease from a recent batch of samples taken in northern Newton County. This brings the total number of CWD-positive deer and elk cases in Arkansas to 50. Although the intensive sampling effort to determine prevalence has been halted, many results from that effort are still pending... READ MORE 

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Want the opportunity to win prizes while helping to document and remove nonnative freshwater fish from Florida’s waters? Consider participating in the second statewide Nonnative Fish Catch, Click and Report Contest, coordinated by the Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and partners. The 2016 contest kicks off at 6 a.m. on April 1 and runs until midnight on April 30...LEARN MORE  

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   Ladies, bring your daughters and invite your girlfriends, this is the perfect summer getaway. The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman series has a workshop scheduled to take place July 22-25, 2016 on Sapelo Island.  

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After receiving and reviewing public input, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has selected the 2016-2017 migratory game bird hunting seasons. As the last step in the process, these recommendations are now pending final approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Highlights of the department’s recommendations include:  Youth waterfowl hunting days on Nov. 5, 2016 and Feb. 11, 2017; Regular duck hunting season segments from Oct. 15-22, Nov. 12-25 and Dec. 13-Jan. 28, with a daily bag limit of six, including two canvasbacks and... READ MORE

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has received laboratory confirmation that five white-tailed deer harvested in Allegany County tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a neurological disease in deer, bringing the total overall cases to 11. Four of the five deer were harvested in the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area (the eastern one-third of the county). The other deer was taken near Cumberland, marking the first documented case outside of the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area... READ MORE

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The Department of Natural Resources annually adjusts fishing regulations to ensure Michigan’s fisheries resources are managed properly and provide the best benefits to anglers and the public. For the coming 2016-2017 angling year, which starts Friday, April 1, the DNR would like anglers to be aware of the following new or changed fishing regulations... READ MORE

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   A few people have already been cited by Oregon State Police for trying to cut antlers off deer and elk skulls they found in the outdoors. Others have wrongly picked up bighorn sheep skulls with horns attached in the Owyhee Unit, where a disease outbreak has left dead scavenged sheep on the landscape.

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   ODFW has confirmed five livestock depredation incidents on private land within the past three weeks by some wolves in the Imnaha pack, despite continued efforts by ODFW, Wallowa County officials, and area livestock producers to deter wolf-livestock conflict with non-lethal measures. 

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   Now is the time to begin the planning and preparation of fields to attract doves during the upcoming season. The mourning dove is one of the most popular game species in the Southeast, and fall dove shoots are a South Carolina tradition.

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   The application deadline for 2016 limited big game licenses, including deer, elk, pronghorn, moose, bear, sheep and goat, is Tuesday, April 5. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has a variety of resources for hunters to complete their applications now. Costs vary based on species and residency status.

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Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reminding hunters that the 2016 Connecticut spring wild turkey hunting season runs April 27 through May 28. During the 2016 spring season, two bearded turkeys may be taken on state land and three on private land. Hunting is permitted from one-half hour before sunrise until noon each day... READ MORE

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