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Entries for 2016
Missouri deer seasons end; prelim total of 279,401 taken
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri's 2015-2016 deer-hunting seasons ended Jan. 15 with reports of a preliminary total harvest of 279,401 deer.
Top counties for the overall seasons were Texas with 5,812 deer harvested, Franklin with 5,463, and Howell with 5,440. Hunters took 258,341 deer during the 2014-2015 deer hunting seasons.
Deer hunting ended at the close of archery ... READ MORE
38th SHOT Show® opens in Las Vegas
By National Shooting Sports Foundation
Firearm industry professionals gather at largest trade show for target shooting, hunting, outdoor and law enforcement products. The 38th Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show®) opened its doors this January 19 at the Sands Expo Center with expectations running high given the energized market in America for firearms, ammunition and... READ MORE
Yamaha Launches 2016 National Hunting and Fishing Day Sweepstakes
By Yamaha Motor Corp., USA
All-New Kodiak 700 ATV to be Given Away in Support of NHF Day. Kennesaw, Ga. – January 19, 2016 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, the industry leading manufacturer of ATV and Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicles for outdoorsmen and women, is supporting the National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF Day) again in 2016, this year giving away the all-new Yamah... READ MORE
WV hunters set record for black bear harvest
By West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Hunters in West Virginia harvested 3,195 black bears during the combined 2015 archery and firearms seasons, according to Colin Carpenter, black bear project leader for the Division of Natural Resources.
Preliminary harvest data for the combined 2015 seasons was 17 percent higher than the record set in 2012 of 2,735 bears. The black bear harvest of... READ MORE
U.S. hunters now take more mature bucks than yearlings
By Quality Deer Management Association
Whitetail hunters are taking more mature bucks than 1 1/2-year-old or yearling bucks for the first time in modern history, according to data compiled by the Quality Deer Management Association for its 2016 Whitetail Report. In the 2014-15 hunting season, the most recent season with complete deer harvest data available from every whitetail stat... READ MORE
Hunters check 12,505 deer in OH muzzleloader season
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hunters checked 12,505 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s muzzleloader season, Jan. 9 to 12, an increase over the 2015 muzzleloader season when 13,724 white-tailed deer were checked.
Ohio’s archery season remains open through Sunday, Feb. 7.
The goal of Ohio’s Deer Management Program is to provide a deer population that maximizes r... READ MORE
Illinois hunters see increase in 7-day harvest
By Illinois Department of Conservation
Deer hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 86,771 deer during the seven-day firearm deer season that closed Dec. 6. That figure compares to 76,575 deer harvested during the seven days of firearm season in 2014.
Preliminary harvest figures for the second segment of the firearm season Dec. 3 to 6 totaled 28,803, compared with 24,745 d... READ MORE
Remote controlled gadgets cannot be used to pursue wildlife
By Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona’s Game and Fish Department is reminding sportsmen who may recently have received a drone as a gift that flying a wildly popular drone must comply with state and federal wildlife laws and regulations.
The Federal Aviation Administration predicted more than 1 million drones would be bought as holiday gifts. Like Santa’s sleigh, d... READ MORE
Missouri reports alternative methods
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Deer hunters in Missouri harvested 11,061 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the 2015-2016 Missouri firearms deer-hunting season, December 19 to 29. Of the total harvest, 2,994 were antlered bucks, 1,594 button bucks, and 6,473 does.
Top harvest counties were Franklin with 260 deer harvested, Howell with 247, and Texas with 235.
The h... READ MORE
A common scents look at the rut in the South
By David Rainer
Photo: Young deer usually don’t respond to presence of humans like mature bucks and Alpha does, which react instantly when human scent is detected. Mature deer will also change travel corridors and other behaviors when those areas have human scent.
Finally, Alabama deer hunters got a week of weather where sweating and pouring rain weren&rsqu... READ MORE