Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
7 state parks to close for managed deer hunts Nov. 6-7
To safely and effectively manage the deer population in some state parks, Missouri State Parks and the Department of Conservation are coordinating efforts to...
Regulations updated for deer, turkey seasons
Several changes for deer and turkey seasons were approved during the Sept. 19 meeting of Commissioners in Jackson.
Deer Season:• Now prohibited, the...
CSC members introduce CWD Management Act
On March 6 Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members Congressman Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Senator Jon Tester of Montana introduced the Chronic Wasting...
Nonresidents can sign up May 15-June 30 for unused nonresident license
Beginning May 15, and running through June 30, nonresident hunters can register for the Alternate’s List on MyFWP for an unused nonresident combination...
Annual monitoring effort finds 36 deer with CWD
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...
Georgia to implement CWD protocol following deer found in Florida
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced June 15 that Chronic Wasting Disease had been detected in a road-killed deer sampled...
FWP seeks help to identify CWD symptomatic animals
A follow-up test has confirmed a positive case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was euthanized in Gallatin County in May 2020...
Game Commission updates CWD response areas
Regulation changes have been made to address the increasing threat chronic wasting disease (CWD) presents to the state’s deer and elk.
Disease Management...
Season ends; hunters take 157 alligators
At the end of the two-weekend, night-hunting-only, 2022 alligator hunting season, 157 alligators had been tagged and reported to the Arkansas Game and Fish...
Resident hunters should register now for depredation hunts
South Dakota residents may register, free of charge, for potential depredation hunts for deer, elk, antelope and turkey. Registration opened Dec. 1.
Resident...