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July 16, 2011

Montana Commission Approves Wolf Hunt Season And Quotas

Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission has approved a wolf hunting season for 2011 that creates 14 wolf management units and an overall harvest quota of 220 wolves. “The approved hunting season is very similar to the one considered last year,” said Ken McDonald, FWP’s chief of wildlife. “It’s based on wildlife science and we […]

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Montana Fall Turkey Hunting Special Permit Applications Due

Hunters planning to pursue wild turkeys in parts of western Montana this fall must apply for a special permit by July 28. The fall turkey hunting season begins Sept. 1. Prospective fall turkey hunters interested in a special permit may apply by mail using an official application; at a regional office, or online. Fall turkey

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Montana’s Archery 900 Antelope Hunting Season Opens Aug. 15

Montana’s fall hunting season officially gets underway Monday, Aug. 15 with the opening of the special archery 900 antelope season in many Montana hunting districts. To hunt antelope with a bow and arrow in a special August archery season, sportsmen need to have drawn a special 900-series tag and bought a bow-and-arrow license. Bow-and-arrow licenses

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Deadline For Montana Mountain Lion Hunters is Aug. 31

The deadline is Aug. 31 to purchase a mountain lion hunting license for the general season, or to apply for the special limited-entry license drawing. Mountain lion hunters may either choose to apply for a special license available through the drawing that is valid only in certain hunting districts-or they may purchase a general mountain

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Montana Moose, Sheep, Goat SuperTag Winners Announced

Lucky hunters from Montana, North Dakota and Texas will get another shot at the dream this fall after winning Montana’s moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat SuperTag lotteries. The three winners are: Moose: Robert Jacks-Frenchtown, Mont. Bighorn sheep: Jerome Bly-Lignite, N.D. Mountain goat: George Gannaway-Rosharon, Tex. While resident and nonresident hunters could buy an unlimited

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West Virginia DNR Addresses Shooting Range Damage

Officials with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) are asking users of the state’s public shooting ranges to help curtail growing instances of damage to the property. Of biggest concern are littering and gunfire damage to target frames, trash barrels, bench posts and other structures at the ranges. DNR maintains nearly 30 public

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Montana officials ask boaters to stay away from oil spill site

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, in cooperation with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, is asking boaters to stay away from the Yellowstone River between the Laurel and Lockwood highway bridges to accommodate oil-spill cleanup efforts. Since an ExxonMobil pipeline carrying crude oil broke east of the Highway 310 bridge at Laurel July 1, cleanup

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Texas: Input Sought for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Early Restoration Projects

Natural resource trustees are planning early restoration to start addressing impacts to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and they’re welcoming ideas for specific restoration and conservation projects in Texas. In April, the trustees announced an agreement in which BP agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the Gulf

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Raffle tickets for Washington big-game hunting permit available through July 22

Hunters have until Friday, July 22, to enter the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) special big-game hunt raffles for this fall. Raffle hunts are available for black-tailed deer, mule deer, white-tailed deer, westside elk, eastside elk, California bighorn sheep, moose and mountain goat. Like last year, five multi-species raffle hunts will be available

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