March 21, 2011

This year’s Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoor Expo will take place March 26-27 at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix.  Visitors will discover some new attractions in addition to the year-to-year favorites. New this year is the Cabela’s Archery Village, brought to you by the Expo’s Gold Sponsor, Cabela’s. Visitors can sign up

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today that the sturgeon retention season on the lower Willamette River downstream from Willamette Falls, including Multnomah Channel and the Gilbert River, is now closed. ODFW closed the season following creel survey analysis that indicated harvest was at or near the pre-season guideline of 2,550 sturgeon following

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today set the 2011 sport halibut seasons for the Oregon Coast. Oregon halibut anglers will enjoy slightly more fishing opportunity in 2011 thanks to a 12 percent increase in the harvest quota set by the International Pacific Halibut Commission, according to Gway Rogers-Kirchner, ODFW marine fishery manager. The popular

Anglers can look forward to another promising steelhead season on the Columbia River and its tributaries this year, based on a forecast released recently by a team of state, federal and tribal biologists. The report issued in March by the Columbia River Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) forecasts a return of 391,000 upriver summer steelhead for

Texas Spring turkey hunters are going to see a lot of jakes and hear from even more this season, but success in finding mature gobblers will depend on hunting location. “You might start calling and have 10 jakes run up,” says Jason Hardin, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department upland game bird program leader. Most of