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...
							
							
						
          Fall archery turkey harvest totals 683
              
 Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 683 wild turkeys during the 2021-2022 fall archery turkey season.
 The total compares with a statewide...
            
            
          
          Ten-day alligator hunting season approved
              
 The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks has approved rule changes for the 2018 alligator hunting season on public waters and private lands in...
            
            
          
          Hunting Access Program enrollment now open to landowners
              
 Property owners in more than a dozen counties have the opportunity to enroll their land in the Hunting Access Program – and play a key role in helping...
            
            
          
          Archery-only deer season opens Sept. 26
              
 The 2020 deer archery-only hunting season opens statewide in Tennessee Sept. 26. The archery-only season dates are the same statewide Sept. 26 to Oct. 30,...
            
            
          
          Deer harvest tops 200,000 for fifth straight year
              
 With a month and a half left in archery deer season, Arkansas hunters have checked more than 200,000 deer. This is the fifth consecutive year the Arkansas...
            
            
          
          Hunter safety in Pennsylvania at all-time high
              
 There were only 23 hunting-related shooting incidents statewide during 2015, according to a newly released report from the Game Commission.
 That’s the lowest...
            
            
          
          New deer and moose feeding regulation adopted
              
 A new regulation now in effect aims to reduce problems caused by wildlife feeding and establish strict procedures for the use of tick-control devices...
            
            
          
          Alligator hunt permit process opens May 17
              
 Since 1988, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and its predecessor, the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, have offered hunters...
            
            
          
          
              BY: DAVID RAINER
            
            Unraveling Alabama’s Rut(s)
              
 In the past, the rut in Alabama has been a mysterious phenomenon. The breeding activity of white-tailed deer in one part of the state doesn’t necessarily...
            
            
          
          CWD sampling will increase after Panhandle road-killed deer found
              
 The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be increasing chronic wasting disease (CWD) sampling surveillance efforts in southeast Alabama...
            
            
          
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