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41,970 turkeys harvested in during spring season
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows turkey hunters checked 41,970 birds during Missouri’s 2023 regular spring turkey season, April 17 through May 7. Top regular season harvest counties were Franklin with 973 birds harvested, Callaway with 801, and Osage with 792. Young turkey hunters also harvested 2,566 turkeys over the youth weekend, April 1 and 2, brin... READ MORE
Board approves another decrease for big game permits
By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
For the fifth consecutive year, the Utah Wildlife Board approved a decrease in the number of general-season deer hunting permits. The board also approved the other big game and antlerless hunting permits that will be issued during the 2023 seasons, as well as a variety of other items during its May public meeting. The Division of Wildlife Res... READ MORE
Multi-state wild turkey research project continues
By National Wild Turkey Federation
With many states experiencing a decline in wild turkey populations, the National Wild Turkey Federation and two state agencies are invested in a four-year project to better understand America’s favorite game bird. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Kentucky Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Resources, Tennessee Tech Univers... READ MORE
Annual deer harvest highest since 1922; harvest summary available
By New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
The annual Wildlife Harvest Summary is now available. The publication presents final data on the 2022 New Hampshire hunting seasons as summarized by Fish and Game Department wildlife biologists. The publication provides a complete analysis of hunting season statistics, including information organized by town and by Wildlife Management Uni... READ MORE
Harvest numbers up 10% for 2022 seasons
By New York State Environmental Conservation
New York hunters harvested an estimated 231,961 deer during the 2022 hunting seasons, a 10% increase from last year. The 2022-23 estimated deer take included 116,425 antlered bucks and 115,536 antlerless deer. Statewide, this represents a 5% increase in antlered buck harvest and a 15% increase in antlerless deer harvest from last season. Epizootic... READ MORE
New hunter's motivation leads to first wild turkey
By David Rainer | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: David Melton had the pleasure to carry the 18.5-pound turkey back up the ridge. One of the motivational factors for new hunters discovered by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division is a quest for organic protein.Individuals who participate in WFF's Adult Mentored Hunting... READ MORE
Apply online by May 15 for moose permit lottery
By Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Applications for Maine’s 2023 moose permit lottery will be accepted online only. To apply online, go to mefishwildlife.com. Those who fill out the online moose permit application will be able to indicate several preferences, including which wildlife management districts (WMD) they are willing to accept a permit in, and if they would a... READ MORE
Turkey season opens April 29
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
The 2023 spring turkey season, April 29 until May 30, has the potential to be noisier than usual, given the abundance of 2-year-old birds – the most vocal and likely to engage in back-and-forth chatter with hunters. The roots of that go back to 2021. Pennsylvania’s summer turkey reproduction was excellent that year. The Game Commission&... READ MORE
2022 deer gun season harvest totals 47,590
By North Dakota Game and Fish Department
A total of 47,590 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 25,093 deer during the 2022 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey. Game and Fish made available 64,200 deer gun licenses last year. Overall hunter success was 53%, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in the field. “The lower success was due, in p... READ MORE
Injury can’t stop Cash at state archery championship
By David Rainer | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: Jake Cash overcame an elbow injury to shoot 285 at the NASP State Championship. What do you do if you break a bone in your elbow three weeks before the 20th anniversary National Archery in Schools Program’s (NASP) Alabama State Championship? If you’re Jake Cash of Ashville High, you adapt and overcome. Chris Cash, Jake’s fa... READ MORE