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...
Record snows trigger supplemental feeding permits
Except within chronic wasting disease surveillance areas, supplemental deer feeding permits will be available for the southern part of the Upper Peninsula....
Arizona deer, elk clear of chronic wasting disease
Arizona continues to be clear of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurodegenerative wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk.
Department officials did...
CWD detected in Tunica County
The Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Department recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for a hunter-harvested doe from Tunica...
Highly pathogenic avian Influenza found in NW Ohio
The ODNR Division of Wildlife has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two bald eagles and a herring gull in northwest Ohio. The results...
Big game draw permit application opens June 11
Residents and nonresidents may apply for one 2018 Nebraska deer permit in any draw unit beginning June 11, and residents may apply for one elk permit and one...
Alligator harvest permit application opens June 6
Beginning June 6, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will accept online applications for Alligator Harvest Permits. The permits allow for...
Spring turkey harvest numbers drop
Hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 13,500 wild turkeys during the spring turkey season, including the youth season. The 2018 total compares...
Nearly $1 billion distributed from Pittman-Robertson tax for conservation
America’s sportsmen and sportswomen generated nearly $1 billion in excise taxes during 2019 to support state conservation programs. Those funds, from excise...
Reserved hunt applications under new system July 1
Beginning July 1, hunters can apply for a variety of reserved hunts online. This year, instead of one application period for all draws, they are split into a...
Hunters asked to guard against fire this fall
This fall, hunters going into the field are being asked to be diligent in preventing and detecting fires under the extreme dry conditions in certain parts of...