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Entries for March 2020
Apply for reserved youth turkey hunts by March 27
By Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Youth hunters who are under age 18 on the day of the hunt can register for the April 18-19 reserved turkey hunts from now until March 27. A limit will be placed on the number of youth hunters allowed to hunt a respective property on each hunting day, in an attempt to provide quality hunts for participants. Interested hunters or an adult representi... READ MORE
National Wildlife Refuge entrance fees suspended
By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has temporarily suspended all entrance fees at national wildlife refuges until further notice. Almost 500 refuges are already open to the public. States and municipalities have implemented similar fee waivers at outdoor sites in an effort to support social distancing. Outdoor spaces remain open to the public at mo... READ MORE
Hunters asked to help turkey monitoring effort
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Hunters can help track hunting effort and success during the spring turkey season by signing up to be a part of the annual Spring Gobbler Hunting Survey. It’s free to participate, and hunter responses will help shape future wild turkey management in Arkansas. Since 2007 the survey gathers information on hunter activity, gobbling activity, tu... READ MORE
2019 harvest total second largest since 1922
By New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
The 2019 Wildlife Harvest Summary now available reflects a total harvest of 12,306 deer. The adult (antlered) buck kill of 7,870 deer was the second largest harvest documented in the state since recordkeeping began in 1922. Archers took 3,395 deer; the youth weekend accounted for 286 deer harvested, and muzzleloader and regular firearm hunters too... READ MORE
More Closures
By Buckmasters Online
For current information on your state DNR response to the COVID-19 pandemic, check your state DNR website, DNR social media channels, DNR Information Center and email updates. Click here for a link to your state website. Alabama In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has made chan... READ MORE
States announce facility, event closures
By Buckmasters Online
Several states have announced immediate closures of their conservation or natural resources facilities or events. For more information, check with your state DNR office. Michigan The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has closed several of its state-managed facilities to prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).The following... READ MORE
WNS confirmed in a Texas bat
By Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
For the first time, biologists have confirmed white-nose syndrome (WNS) in a Texas bat. While the fungus that causes the disease was previously detected in Texas in 2017, there were no signs of the disease it can cause. WNS has killed millions of hibernating bats in the eastern parts of the United States, raising national concern. It is a fungal d... READ MORE
New clarity on refuge wetland easements, maps and appeals process
By U.S. Department of the Interior
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued new internal guidance to provide better government services and alleviate conflict with landowners stemming from easement deeds that pre-date 1976. The actions by the Service to improve its easement processes started in October 2019 when Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and North Dakota Senato... READ MORE
New website highlights real-time wildlife migration
By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Utah is doing something that only a few other states are doing: real-time tracking of wildlife. As of March e, some of that data will be available to the public via a new website. In 2017 the Division of Wildlife Resources started its Wildlife Migration Initiative program to better track and study the migration patterns of different wildlife and fi... READ MORE
Early youth and mobility impaired turkey hunt March 14-15
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have an early chance to harvest a turkey during the special opportunity turkey season on March 14-15, while the statewide turkey hunting season opens March 21. The weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16 years of age and younger, or hunters who are mobility impaired (confine... READ MORE