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Entries for June 2022
DMAP enrollment now open to manage deer populations
By Missouri Department of Conservation
The Missouri Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) can help landowners achieve deer-management goals through additional antlerless-deer harvest opportunities. The program helps landowners manage deer on their properties by allowing them and hunters they designate to buy additional firearms permits to take antlerless deer on the properties above... READ MORE
Preliminary spring turkey harvest totals 13,701 birds
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Turkey hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 13,701 wild turkeys during the 2022 spring turkey season. This year’s preliminary harvest total compares with the 2021 statewide turkey harvest of 13,613. A total of 81,903 permits were sold this year compared to 83,240 in 2021. The statewide preliminary total includes the youth turkey... READ MORE
Turkey harvest sees 8% increase; 5 counties set records
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Maryland hunters harvested 4,208 wild turkeys during the spring 2022 regular and junior turkey seasons, which is 8% higher than the 2021 harvest and just 2% below the record harvest of 4,303 set in 2020. “Although certain areas have experienced declines in turkey populations, some regions of the state now hold record-high numbers of turkeys,&... READ MORE
11,872 turkeys harvested during spring season
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio wild turkey hunters harvested 11,872 birds during the spring season that ended May 29. The statewide harvest represents 30 days of hunting in two zones between April 23 and May 29 and includes the 1,103 wild turkeys taken during the youth season April 9-10. The three-year harvest average (2019, 2020, and 2021) for the spring season is 17,173 w... READ MORE
Lottery applications for alligator hunt close June 15
By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
There are two weeks left to apply for the public alligator lottery; applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. June 15. A $10 nonrefundable application fee is required to apply for the randomized computer drawing based on a preference point system to determine hunter selection. The 2022 public alligator season begins at noon Sept. 10 and runs throu... READ MORE
Alligator hunt registration opens June 7
By Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Online registration for Alabama’s regulated alligator hunts opens June 7 at 8 a.m. and closes at 8 a.m. July 13. A total of 260 alligator possession tags will be distributed among five hunting zones.
The administrative fee to apply for an Alligator Possession Tag is $22, and individuals may register one time per zone. While the tag is free,... READ MORE