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Entries for 2020
Antlerless firearm hunts planned for select NE counties
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
A late antlerless firearm hunt on private land in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle counties will be held Jan. 7-10 and Jan. 14-17. "This season will provide an additional opportunity for deer management in the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) area," said Emily Sewell, wildlife health specialist. "Increased antlerless harvest in these c... READ MORE
Tips for hunting Alabama’s rut
By David Rainer / Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: A whitetail buck freshens a scrape to leave new scent during the rutting process. While the white-tailed deer rut has come and gone in a few areas in Alabama, hunters in the majority of the state are dealing with the December doldrums, waiting for the breeding season to begin in earnest. Alabama native Chuck Sykes, director of the Alabama Wi... READ MORE
Hunters check 15,203 deer during extra gun weekend
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
The extra weekend of gun hunting for white-tailed deer concluded Dec. 20, resulting in 15,203 deer taken by hunters. During the same two-day period over the last three years, hunters checked an average of 12,461 deer. After 71,650 deer were checked by Ohio hunters during the weeklong deer-gun season, Nov. 30-Dec. 6, the total harvest during for al... READ MORE
Statewide Youth Deer Day January 2
By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Statewide Youth Deer Day on all private lands and certain WMAs occurs on January 2, 2021, after regular deer season. Youth Day is open to youth 17 years old and younger, and youth hunters who have not completed the hunter education program must be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years of age. There are no license or tag requirements for youth ... READ MORE
New, increased CWD testing in 3 NW Ohio counties
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources is asking white-tailed deer hunters in portions of Wyandot, Marion, and Hardin counties to submit samples of harvested deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing. Testing is voluntary but highly encouraged. A CWD-positive wild Ohio white-tailed deer was recently identified in Wyandot County. The Division of ... READ MORE
Sample confirmed as CWD positive in 1 wild deer
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. Additional details about the adult male deer taken by a hunter on private property are being gathered. Tissue samples were submitted for testing by a taxidermist and the posit... READ MORE
Full transition to electronic game checking begins in 2021-22
By Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
The state’s Wildlife Resources Department plans to fully transition big game checking to electronic and telephone checking at the beginning of the 2021-22 hunting season, as of September 1, 2021. All hunters, including those who are not required to purchase a license, who harvest a deer, turkey, bear, bobcat or elk, will need to check their h... READ MORE
Christmas, antlerless hunts wrap up gun deer season
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas hunters looking for one last chance to bag a deer this year will have three additional days to take a doe after the Modern Gun Christmas Holiday Hunt to fill their tag. In May, the Game and Fish Commission moved the Private Land Antlerless Only Deer Hunt from October to the last days of December to increase participation in the hunt. Estab... READ MORE
Firearm deer season harvest totals 76,579
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
During the seven-day 2020 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded Dec. 6, hunters took a preliminary total of 76,579 deer. A final total of 75,417 deer were harvested during the firearm season in 2019. The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm season Dec. 3-6 was 29,432, compared with 25,176 during the second season in 2019.... READ MORE
Deer gun harvest increases to 71,650 whitetails
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hunters harvested 71,650 white-tailed deer during the annual gun hunting week that concluded on Dec. 6. Over the last three years, hunters checked an average of 65,566 deer during the same weeklong period. Deer hunting in Ohio has come a long way since the first gun season in 1943, when only three counties were open for hunting and 158 deer were ta... READ MORE