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Entries for 2016
Alligator quota hunt application due July 31
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Quota applications must be received by July 31 for a chance to hunt a Georgia alligator.
A total of 1,000 applicants will be selected for the 2016 alligator hunting season which begins August 19 at sunset and ends October 3 at sunrise, according to the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division.
In 2015, hunters harvested 325 alligators with ... READ MORE
Special hunts program application period opens July 16
By Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Hunters looking for hunting opportunity with low competition and high odds of success can apply for Kansas’ Special Hunts Program beginning July 16, 2016.
Deadline for First Draw Hunts in September and October is August 10. Second Draw Hunts in November, December, January and February applications open September 28.
The Special Hunts Progr... READ MORE
Alabama bans deer parts from CWD-affected areas
By Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Alabama’s Conservation Advisory Board has strengthened existing hunting regulations aimed at preventing the unintentional import of disease pathogens associated with game animals harvested outside the state.
State hunting regulation 220-2-.25 has been expanded to ban the import of all cervid (deer and other deer-like animals) body parts from... READ MORE
Program offers private landowners payments for public access
By Missouri Department of Conservation
A new program aims to boost wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation opportunities by offering payment to private landowners for public access for hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing.
The voluntary Missouri Outdoor Recreational Access Program (MRAP) also offers financial incentives for wildlife habitat improvement on enrolled lands. It primarily ... READ MORE
Commission puts special regs in place to slow CWD
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Commissioners voted unanimously June 24 during a special meeting to approve a Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone made up of Boone, Carroll, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and Yell counties. CWD has been found in five of these counties since first being discovered in Arkansas in late February. The AGFC has circulated prop... READ MORE
Spring gobbler numbers down, as F&G seeks hatch counters
By New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Preliminary results for May 2016 spring gobbler season show hunters harvested 3,821 turkeys in New Hampshire during the spring hunt.
This is 172 fewer gobblers than the 3,993 taken in the 2015 spring season, or 4 percent fewer birds. Final harvest numbers will become final as registration forms trickle in from the 60 stations around the state... READ MORE
Ooops, 3200+ hunters get duplicate deer permits
By Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
A printing error at a fulfillment service contracted to print and mail permits to the 21,225 successful Kansas nonresident hunters has been identified as the reason nearly 3,260 nonresident hunters received duplicate mailings in early June.
A successful applicant should have received only one mailing with one set of permits, which included an eit... READ MORE
Turkey season game check sees moderate use for spring harvest
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Hunters participating in Georgia’s spring 2016 turkey season, which ended May 15, had something new when it came to reporting harvested turkeys, a little practice before the 2016-17 deer season begins.
All turkey hunters, including those under 16 years of age, landowners, honorary, lifetime and sportsman license holders, were required to obt... READ MORE
Yamaha Announces 2017 ATV and Side-by-Side Model Lineup
By Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
Real World Tough ATV and Side-by-Side Vehicles Assembled in the USA. KENNESAW, Ga. – June 8, 2016 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, announces its 2017 line of ATVs and Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicles for the upcoming harvest and hunting seasons. Yamaha’s full line of 2017 4x4 and utility-based ATV and SxS vehicles includes: • Viking and... READ MORE
Appalachian Bat Count seeking volunteers
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
Game Commission biologists are seeking volunteers this summer in the Appalachian Bat Count, a statewide monitoring effort to collect bat maternity colony data.
The monitoring is especially important because of bat mortalities caused by White Nose Syndrome (WNS) throughout the eastern United States and Canada.
“WNS primarily kills during the... READ MORE