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...
Antlerless big game permit applications open May 30
Beginning May 30, hunters can apply for a permit to hunt cow elk, cow moose, doe deer and doe pronghorn in Utah. Applications must be submitted no later than...
CWD confirmed in Salt Lake County
Chronic wasting disease was first detected in mule deer in Utah in 2002 in northeastern Utah, and the Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmed it has now...
Application period for fall big game hunts opens Jan. 28
The application period for Utah's big game hunts opens on Jan. 28 and runs until 11 p.m. on March 4.
To be included in the drawing for the hunts, hunters...
Full transition to electronic game checking begins in 2021-22
The state’s Wildlife Resources Department plans to fully transition big game checking to electronic and telephone checking at the beginning of the 2021-22...
Spring turkey harvest of 19,711 birds is 4th highest
The harvest of 19,711 turkeys during the 2022 spring turkey season is the fourth highest spring turkey harvest on record, with the three highest harvests...
Commission approves discount licenses for disabled veterans
A new Disabled Veteran Lifetime Combination License to be available at a reduced rate for resident military veterans was passed unanimously by the Game and...
Deer, feral pig private land bait bill becomes law
Hunters in Alabama can now hunt white-tailed deer (when in season) and feral pigs with the aid of bait on privately owned or leased lands if they have...
2022-23 deer harvest third highest
Almost 17,000 deer were taken by hunters during the 2022-23 season, with more than half the total taken in Sussex County.
The 16,848 harvest number...
Winter turkey harvest numbers increase
Hunters report taking 89 wild turkeys during the 2021 winter turkey season, which was open statewide Jan. 21-23. This year’s harvest was slightly higher than...
Commission trims turkey bag limits, feral swine hunts
Commissioners voted to reduce or alter wild turkey hunting bag limits in large areas of western Oklahoma during the June 17 meeting.
Starting this fall,...