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Entries for 2022
Winter turkey harvest 24% lower for 2022
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Hunters reported taking 67 wild turkeys during the 2022 winter turkey season, which was open statewide Jan. 20-22. This year’s harvest was 24% lower than the 2021 winter total of 89 turkeys. St. Mary’s, Baltimore, and Caroline counties reported the highest harvests respectively, although turkeys were reported from most counties across t... READ MORE
Primitive deer hunt runs Feb. 1-3
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources
A final opportunity of the 2021-22 deer season, the Primitive Deer Hunt, runs Feb. 1-3 statewide for hunters with a valid hunting license as well as those exempt from the hunting license requirement. Primitive bows or muzzleloaders can be used to hunt sika and white-tailed deer. Primitive hunting devices are defined as long bows, recurve bows,... READ MORE
Park perseveres to bag Big Gee's Bend buck
By David Rainer/Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: Chris Park had to make a 215-yard shot from a kneeling position to bag this big buck. Anyone who has been hunting deer in Alabama for a while has surely heard of Gee’s Bend, a large plot of land in a horseshoe bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County. In the mid to late 20th century, the 6,600-acre property smack dab in the middle of... READ MORE
Wild turkey license number increased for spring turkey season
By North Dakota Game and Fish Department
The Game and Fish Department is offering 7,647 wild turkey licenses for the 2022 spring hunting season, 635 more than last year. Ten of the 22 hunting units have more spring licenses than last year, one has fewer licenses and 10 remain the same. Unit 21 (Hettinger and Adams counties) is again closed due to lack of turkeys in the unit. One notewort... READ MORE
New Adirondack moose research project underway
By New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
A new moose research project is in progress in the Adirondack region. This winter, 14 moose were fitted with GPS collars as part of a multi-year project assessing moose health and population. Data collected from the collars will guide research on moose population, health, mortality and dispersal. To safely capture, collar and monitor these animals,... READ MORE
Turkey lottery applications now available
By South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Applications for turkey lottery hunts on public lands are available now through March 1 at 5 p.m. A nonrefundable fee of $5 is required of all applicants for the Multi-site Turkey Lottery Hunt, and $5 for the youth applicant on the Youth Multi-site Turkey Hunt. After the selection process occurs, only the primary applicant will receive email notif... READ MORE
Annual monitoring effort finds 36 deer with CWD
By Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Samples from nearly 5,000 deer have been tested as part of the Department of Natural Resources effort to monitor for chronic wasting disease, resulting in 36 confirmed positives from the 2021-2022 hunting season. The samples were collected over the past 10 months from willing hunters and taxidermists, as well as from deer killed along Iowa’s ... READ MORE
Final deer harvest season reports 293,670 deer harvested
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri's 2021-2022 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 293,670. Of the deer harvested, 143,049 were antlered bucks, 26,599 were button bucks, and 124,022 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,392 deer harvested, Texas with 5,478, and Callaway with 5,4... READ MORE
Hunters check 12,141 deer during muzzleloader season
By Ohio, deer, muzzleloader, season
Hunters completed the 2022 muzzleloader season with 12,141 deer checked from Jan. 8 to Tuesday, Jan. 11. Over the past three years, an average of 11,501 deer were taken with a muzzleloader during the same four-day period. Top 10 counties for deer harvested during the 2022 muzzleloader season include Coshocton (467), Tuscarawas (455), Guernsey (386)... READ MORE
Alabama hunters urged not to overreact to CWD news
By David Rainer/Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Photo: In the initial stages, deer infected with CWD may appear normal. - Photo courtesy Kansas DWP. Alabama’s first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was confirmed last week in northwest Alabama, and Chuck Sykes, director of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, urges all hunters and concerned citizens not to over... READ MORE