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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, members of the Governor's One Shot Committee and several state senators and delegates recently presented a check to the Mountaineer Food Bank, representing $50,000 raised during the ninth annual Governor's One Shot Deer Hunt, held Oct. 23-25, 2015, at Stonewall Resort State Park. Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, USAF, Ret., was the featured guest at the event.  READ MORE

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   Getting a bighorn tag is rare enough, but harvesting this old bighorn monarch was the experience of a lifetime for one avid hunter. Tony Loop already holds Arizona’s state record for bow-harvested desert bighorn, but a massive ram taken late last year may very well net him the archery world record.

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety Internet-completion course in Gulf County Feb. 20 at Gulf Correctional Institution, 500 Ike Steele Road, Wewahitchka. Those interested in attending the course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Panama City at 850-265-3676.  READ MORE

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   Its hard to beat hunting turkeys during the spring season in Kansas. Weather has warmed up, birds are active and on the move, and its the start of a new hunting season. But what if there was a way to top this? There is. Try adding special access to quality lands not normally open to hunting, and it wouldnt cost you a penny. If you think this sounds like a pipe dream, chances are, you are not familiar with the Kansas Special Hunts. The Program provides access to public and private lands that are not open to unrestricted public access. There is no fee to apply, the draw is open to residents and nonresidents, and opportunities abound, with 160 individual permits and 79 special hunts available for spring turkey this year. Applications are being accepted through 9 a.m. on Feb. 29. To apply... READ MORE

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   The Michigan Department of Natural Resources hopes campers are excited about the the summer opening of a new campground at Wilderness State Park in Emmet County. The campground will open to the public Thursday, June 23, and reservations (which can be make up to six months in advance) will be accepted starting Thursday, Feb. 4, at 8 a.m. The new campground will boast spectacular views of Lake Michigan. It offers two options for camping, including a full hook-up campground and a tent-only rustic campground.  READ MORE

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Virginia Trappers Association Annual Fur Sale, Augusta Expoin Fishersville, Virginia Saturday, March 12. VTA Holds an annual fur auction to provide a market for fur. which includes Coyote, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Bobcat, Raccoon, Opossum, Beaver and more. Only licensed fur buyers can purchase raw or finished fur. The beginning of an auctioning round will be preceded by a five minute warning whistle. The first round of auctioning will begin at 8:30 am. All selling begins on the rear row and progresses from the buyers’ left to right and rear to front. Once a row of tables has been sold and cleared then a VTA worker will direct the appropriate sellers to exhibit their fur on that row of tables. READ MORE

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West Virginia Trappers Association Fur Auction, Gilmer County Recreation Center Glenville, WV March 4-6. WVTA Holds an annual fur auction to provide a market for fur which includes Coyote, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Bobcat, Raccoon, Opossum, Beaver and more. Only West Virginia licensed fur buyers can purchase raw or finished fur. Finishedf Fur, roots and horn items are consigned Friday and Saturday, 9am to 6pm. Dealer's lots are graded at the end of each day. Upon arrival at the fur auction, the first thing is to complete a consignment sheet. The consignment secretary will look up your name in the WVTA database to check your membership, record your name, mailing address and hunting license number.  READ MORE

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   The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club, the state’s official big game record keepers, announced that the Badger State had a new archery whitetail record after John Kassera harvested a massive buck on his property in La Crosse County. The deer, which was harvested last November, was panel measured recently and scored an impressive 193 and 4/8 inches net. The total gross score of the buck was 201 and 5/8 inches.

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The Illinois Recreational Access Program (IRAP) has added first-time adult turkey hunting to its growing list of public access activities. A first-time adult hunter includes anyone who hasn’t hunted turkey in the past five years.  In addition, the IDNR has changed the age restrictions for youth turkey hunting to 17 years and younger.  This will allow IRAP to permit more young turkey hunters on youth turkey hunting sites. READ MORE

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Waterfowl hunters have the opportunity to comment on proposed 2016 Iowa waterfowl seasons that were approved during the Jan. 20 meeting of the Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Commission also approved for public comment a proposal to change the waterfowl hunting zone boundaries for the 2017-2021 hunting seasons.  READ MORE

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   North Carolina has a new state record for white marlin, and it goes to a visiting angler from Ashburn, Virginia. The state Division of Marine Fisheries announced last week that Neil Manning caught a 138-pound white marlin while fishing off Hatteras late last year. The large fish measured 85 inches from the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of its tail. It also measured 37 inches in girth. According to Captain Kenny Koci of Fin Again Sportfishing, the anglers originally thought it was just a very small blue marlin. READ MORE

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Fisheries staff with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are considering proposals to adjust bass and catfish fishing regulations in specific waters and areas, move saugeye under walleye harvest regulations, and clarify length limits on black drum and amberjack and rules prohibiting snagging of fish with pole-and-line. The proposed changes to the 2016-17 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing regulations include:.. READ MORE

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Virginia Virginia Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day February 6th. Resident and nonresident youth hunters 15 years of age and under may harvest the allowed daily bag limit of ducks (see regulations), and other waterfowl, including Atlantic brant, coots, mergansers, gallinules, moorhens, light geese, 2 Canada geese in the Atlantic Population Zone, 5 Canada geese in the Southern James Bay Population and Resident Population zones, 1 tundra swan (if the youth possesses a tundra swan permit) on the designated youth days.  READ MORE

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