
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...

Hunting licenses, stamps, permit prices increase
Legislation passed during Maryland’s 2023 General Assembly will increase the price of hunting licenses and some associated stamps beginning with the 2023-24...

Arkansans harvest record number of alligators
In two long weekends, Arkansas hunters harvested 94 alligators during the 2017 alligator hunting season, eclipsing the previous record of 66 taken in 2016.
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Put safety first when hunting turkeys
Heading into Georgia’s woods to go turkey hunting requires more than a valid license and ensuring your firearms are ready.
Walter Lane, hunter development...

Thousands of unallocated antlerless deer permits available
Following the annual permit lottery for muzzleloader antlerless deer permits Sept. 17, Vermont Fish & Wildlife now has several thousand unallocated...

Hodgdon® Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Hodgdon, The Brand That’s True®, is pleased to recognize 2017 as the 70th Anniversary for the Hodgdon brand.
In 1947, Bruce and Amy Hodgdon, along with sons...

U.S. hunters now take more mature bucks than yearlings
Whitetail hunters are taking more mature bucks than 1 1/2-year-old or yearling bucks for the first time in modern history, according to data compiled by the...

DNR staff to hold next set of deer talk open houses
Wildlife managers across the state are inviting the public to open house meetings to ask deer-related questions and comment on deer issues.
Time from...

Unit L and M antlerless deer permit lotteries open in July
The Antlerless Deer Permit Lottery Application Period for Unit L opens July 8, and the Unit M application period opens July 22.
Hunters with a current New...

Bear season results return to recent harvest average
Early results from the 2021 bear season show hunters harvested 3,802 bears during the 2021 black bear season, a decrease from the 4,306 taken last year.
The...

Wolf population increases with rise in deer density
Results from the 2016-1017 wolf population survey suggest Minnesota’s wolf population has increased 25 percent since the previous year’s survey.
After...