July 16, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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