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Entries for 'Gray Loon'
Nearly 35,800 turkeys harvested during spring season
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8, bringing the ov... READ MORE
Nonresident deer application now open
By Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Nonresident deer hunters can apply for a 2018 Iowa deer license or purchase a preference point beginning May 5 at 6 a.m. CST. Applications will be accepted until midnight June 3, 2018.
For fastest service, hunters should apply online through their user account in the online license sales site.
Applications are also accepted 24 hours a day by call... READ MORE
Hunters check 10,415 turkeys in opening week
By Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio hunters checked 10,415 wild turkeys during the first week of the wild turkey hunting season, April 23 to 9.The state’s spring wild turkey season is divided into the south zone, which is open from April 23 to Sunday, May 20, and the northeast zone, which is open from April 30 to May 27. In 2017, hunters in the south zone checked 10,293 wi... READ MORE
Elk application period opens May 1
By Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
The application period opens May 1 for public land permits next fall in the Buffalo River country of northwest Arkansas. From 12 a.m. May 1 until 11:59 p.m. June 1, applications will be accepted online. The total number of elk permits available for public draw will be established during the Commission’s May 17 meeting. It is anticipated to be... READ MORE
Ten-day alligator hunting season approved
By Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks has approved rule changes for the 2018 alligator hunting season on public waters and private lands in Mississippi. The statewide public waters season will offer 930 permits within 7 hunting zones across the state for the 10-day season, August 31 to September 10. The process for issuing permits will... READ MORE
Online 2018 moose permit lottery now open
By Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Maine’s moose population is the largest of all the lower 48 states, estimated at 60-70,000 animals. This presents an incredible hunting opportunity for those lucky enough to win a Maine moose permit. And the appeal is no secret — every year, the Maine moose hunt is among the most coveted in the nation, with an average of 50,000 applicat... READ MORE
50th spring turkey season opens April 21
By Pennsylvania Game Commission
This spring’s gobbler season has Pennsylvania hunters eager to participate in the state’s 50th anniversary spring-gobbler hunt. Properly licensed junior hunters and mentored youth can head afield April 21 to participate in the annual youth spring turkey hunt. On April 28, all hunters can head into Penn’s Woods in pursuit of spring... READ MORE
Prois Celebrates 10-year Anniversary
By Prois Hunting
Prois, the top name in ladies high performance technical hunting apparel, announces its’ 10 year anniversary. 2018 marks a decade of operations that started with an idea of engineering a line of designated women’s hunting clothing - to where they are today - being the number one hunting apparel manufacturer for ladies; where fit is as i... READ MORE
Biologists concerned by prolonged winter on deer condition
By Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The prolonged wintry conditions in the Upper Peninsula show no sure sign of relenting soon, a circumstance that has state wildlife biologists concerned about the stressful impact to white-tailed deer. “A month ago, we were optimistic about the deer herd, with spring on the horizon and the winter we’d had to that point,” said Terry... READ MORE
Despite snow, spring turkey season begins
By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
In 1978, Minnesota held its first turkey hunt in modern history, and a lucky 420 hunters drew permits. Since then, interest in pursuing these big game birds has expanded along with their population and range. Last spring some 50,000 turkey permits were issued, and hunters registered nearly 12,000 birds. “Wild turkeys are now found almost eve... READ MORE